how hard is it to make wood cabinets darker??

[zixxer]

the cabinets in my kitchen aren't as dark as I would like... how can I 'stain' them darker?

 

[bctbct]

To get a nice finish you would have to have a painter "tone" them.

 

[rhino56]

depending on the finish they have now it can be easy to pretty nasty.
what are they finished with? are they wood?

 

[myusername]

[insert link to can of black spraypaint]

sorry, it's not funny enough and I'm to lazy to actually do it 😱

 

[iamwiz82]

On a renovation kick, eh? 😉

Are the cabinets real wood or are they laminated or thermo-foiled?

 

[Midlander]

If they are already finished, you can't stain them. You can put some other materials over the finish, but it isn't stain.

Or, you can strip them back to wood and start over.

 

[Evadman]

Strip the finish off and start again.

Unless these cabnets are special in some way, or you have a ton more time than money, I recomend you buy new ones. I used to sell them and this questionc ame up often.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Strip the finish off and start again.

Unless these cabnets are special in some way, or you have a ton more time than money, I recomend you buy new ones. I used to sell them and this questionc ame up often.

New cabinets or doors?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Evadman
Strip the finish off and start again.

Unless these cabnets are special in some way, or you have a ton more time than money, I recomend you buy new ones. I used to sell them and this questionc ame up often.

New cabinets or doors?

depending on how the cabnets are built, you may be able to get away with just doors. Refisnihing the smaller frame of the cabnet that shows though is MUCH easier than doing a door. The frame is almost always flat. you could probably refisnish all your frames in the time it would take to do 1 ornate door.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Evadman
Strip the finish off and start again.

Unless these cabnets are special in some way, or you have a ton more time than money, I recomend you buy new ones. I used to sell them and this questionc ame up often.

New cabinets or doors?

depending on how the cabnets are built, you may be able to get away with just doors. Refisnihing the smaller frame of the cabnet that shows though is MUCH easier than doing a door. The frame is almost always flat. you could probably refisnish all your frames in the time it would take to do 1 ornate door.

I really want to replace just my doors because the cabinets themselves are in good condition and are structurally sound. The doors, on the other hand, are tacky white/beige laminate on MDF. Yuck

Can you recommend a company to replace only doors?

 

[JinLien]

refinish/stain if you have time & the old finish is easyly reremove, other wise doors replacment is the quickest method.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Can you recommend a company to replace only doors?

Honestly, no. I never dealt with any companies that did it, so I can not in good faith recomend or not recommend any company over another. If you are lucky and your cabnets match a size available, you can pick up unfinished doors at Lowes or Home Depot for cheap and finish them yourself. If you don't want to do it yourself, then I am going to be no help to ya. Sorry.

 

[zixxer]

the cabinets are real wood by the way.. not laminate or anything

 

[Rubycon]

Blowtorch + wire brush.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: bctbct
To get a nice finish you would have to have a painter "tone" them.

qft