Recently a regular contributor to the forums described how he departs from the official instructions on the box to create his own antique cabinet finish.
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Here is a summary of the six top techniques.
Using a small brush add more antiquing glaze to the distressed parts of the cabinets and doors.
Antiqued cabinets may be complimentary to a variety of housing designs and decorative aesthetics.
White cabinets may be antiqued in a number of different ways as the white backdrop readily offsets faux finish treatments.
Be sure to seal the looking glass layers to protect them from scratches and flaking off.
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It s all right to apply the glaze liberally in these places because some of it will be removed in the next step of the process.
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Antiquing cabinets is the process of applying a dark glaze to a lighter cabinet door to give it the appearance of old age and wear and tear.
Antique on paint is available on these door styles.
The looking glass spray paint is very delicate when dry so use a gentle touch when dabbing it with rags.
Non diy looking professional finish on antique mirror french doors and cabinet doors.
Whichever method s you choose to use for the antiquing effect follow these steps for how to antique white cabinets.
The door was treated with standard rust oleum cabinet transformation technique.
Choosing our antique paint cabinet finish allows your room to become a pure space where anything is possible.
The distressing process creates soft corners and profiles and subtle randomly placed dents.
It probably will especially if you consider any of the main methods used to antique cabinets.
A number of methods are available for antiquing kitchen cabinets to give them a total new look.
Antiquing cabinets using stain.
The aged appearance adds class to any kitchen and it s a look that never gets old.
Revamp your entire kitchen by breathing new life into your out of date cabinets.
While you can do this to a damaged cabinet to make it appear a bit more chic it has become quite popular to antique even brand new cabinet doors.
I recommend doing at least two coats of the looking glass paint.
Step 6 in distressing and antiquing kitchen cabinets is to darken the cabinets with additional glaze.