Gel Stain White Laminate Cabinets

Since laminate isn t real wood and won t absorb anything it s just what you need.

Gel stain white laminate cabinets.

Otherwise the laminate will just sit in a sticky layer on top of the laminate and be tacky each time you go to open the cabinet. Gel stain is applied to the surface of the wood but not rubbed in like traditional stains. A laminate stain can be a gel or tinted polyurethane. Continue applying the gel stain and wiping away the excess until you finish staining the cabinets.

Lay out the cabinets over a set of newspapers or scrap paper and prepare to stain them. Dip a clean lint free cloth into the gel stain. The liquid stain will thin the stain which may help it spread more easily but it will not have as much coverage. Open up the laminate stain cans and check for instructions on how to stain the cabinets on the sides of the cans.

Wipe a thick layer of gel stain across the cabinet. Sorry that it s so long but i wanted to make sure i covered as mu. Wipe away the excess gel stain with a second lint free cloth. The application is more comparable to painting on multiple thin layers.

The gel will cover up the wood grain that is in the plastic while the tinted polyurethane will allow the faux grain look to show through. Gel stain is different from regular stain because it sits on the surface of the furniture instead on absorbing into the wood. The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid. Gel stain can be mixed with no more than 10 liquid oil stain is added by volume.

Gel stains can be intermixed to create custom colors.