Lime Wash Wood Kitchen Cabinets

Apply liming wax to clean wood.

Lime wash wood kitchen cabinets.

W x 15 75 in. Solid mango wood chest is hand painted with an antique finish and a lime wash. Cabinet has a roomy interior with a center shelf for all your storage needs. Unlike paint liming cabinets using something like this liming wax from briwax lets some of the wood grain show through but tones down the honey color you see on so much 80s oak cabinetry.

See more ideas about oak kitchen oak kitchen cabinets kitchen. D x 35 5 in. Especially with black you may need to have an area where you can test how much water to add to the paint to get the color intensity you want. Apply the degreaser to the front and the back of each cabinet as well as to the frames.

Wood lovers look away. Creating a lime wash over finished wood. You may decide to dye or stain the wood before applying the lime wax or to add pigment to the liming wax. In the days before furniture finishes were developed a common way to preserve wood was to wash it with a mixture of lime and water.

Don t forget to address the sides of each drawer and door while you re wiping. We used varathane ultimate wood stain in sun bleached and varathane wood grain enhancer in white for a very subtle lime wash white washed wood textured look on this console table that dean built. We used the color wash watered down paint to adjust a previous stain that hadn t been finished sealed but it works with raw wood as well. I know i.

When a lime wash contained. Using your cleaner of choice spray or wipe cabinet fronts one at a time. Vacuum the wood adjacent areas and floor to get rid of any sawdust. Wipe down and repeat these steps as necessary until the cabinet and frame are very clean.

Before you start treating the wood use rags and a heavy duty degreaser to clean the doors. You could also try using both the white wood grain enhancer and the black to create a layered look. Wipe each one down with your cloth. Get the insides too.

Wipe over with a tack cloth to remove. Feb 26 2015 explore michael timmons s board limed oak kitchen on pinterest. If you haven t got any offcuts test on an area that doesn t show in the first instance. Yes somewhere deep inside is a wood loving lady.

I had been secretly hoping someone would purchase it as is because i hated to paint it. Blame it on the 80s but lots of homes have honey colored oak cabinets.