Lime Wash Wood Cabinets

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Lime wash wood cabinets.

Purchase lime wax at your local hardware store and apply it to your oak wood item with a clean cloth. Wipe over with a tack cloth to remove. Use on clean walls ceilings furniture cabinets and trim. Wood lovers look away.

Dip rag in mixture and apply it liberally to the wood as you would a stain wiping over it with a rag to evenly distribute it. Mix paint and water to desired consistency for this example i used equal parts. Creating a lime wash over finished wood. Applying a whitewash.

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. For use on painted wood. 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. I think i need to try out this glaze soon.

Apply liming wax to clean wood. When a lime wash contained. Yes somewhere deep inside is a wood loving lady. Follow the grain of the wood and wipe away excess stain with another clean rag.

You may decide to dye or stain the wood before applying the lime wax or to add pigment to the liming wax. Use on clean walls ceilings furniture cabinets and trim. Wipe in the direction of the grain pressing firmly and working the wax into it for a textured look. Limewash glaze adds a hint of texture for dramatic new effects.

I had been secretly hoping someone would purchase it as is because i hated to paint it. I do love your cabinet. Using a clean rag apply the whitewash stain with long smooth strokes that all go in one direction. Before you whitewash cabinets remove the doors and clean the cabinets with heavy duty degreaser.

Vacuum the wood adjacent areas and floor to get rid of any sawdust. Be sure to cover the entire surface of the wood. Wipe lime wax onto the wood using a cheesecloth. If you haven t got any offcuts test on an area that doesn t show in the first instance.

This gorgeous ornate hand carved cabinet has been sitting in my store for months. Technique 1 paint and water. Whitewashing gives you the best of both worlds. Blame it on the 80s but lots of homes have honey colored oak cabinets.

January 12 2017 at 3 53 pm. January 12 2017 at 9 27 pm. The technique to whitewash cabinets.