How Do You Antique Or Glaze Kitchen Cabinets?
Whether you want to add depth and character to painted cabinets, or darken up stained wood cabinets, giving them an antique look with some colorant and glaze is a surprisingly easy project. Generally you don’t even have to remove the doors and hinges. This depends on whether you mind a light patina of color over your hinges. Sometimes that looks better and matches the antiqued look. If you think your hinges will look better if they remain shiny and new looking, then remove all the doors and hinges too. Either way you definitely will want to take off the cabinet knobs or pulls. This project can easily be done in a day or over a weekend. Read on to learn more. If you have light colored wood stained cabinets and you want to darken them up, you will want to use oil-based glaze. Glaze is a clear medium to which you add color. It allows for a translucent look and stays wet long enough for you to work it in until you get the desired effect. Add some oil stain in your desired color to the glaz