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Painted and Glazed Kitchen Cabinets Sample: Blackened Distressed Painted Kitchen CabinetBeautiful Distressed kitchen cabinets can add value to your home as a custom home interior statement. The Black cabinet featured here is only one of the custom kitchen cabinet options. Light colors are also magnificent as distressed cabinetry . 
Products and ToolsYou will Need:4” Roller and foam roller cover Slanted cut paint brush Chip brushes, 2 inch and 3 inch Rags, T-shirt type Simple Green or TSP Cleaner 220 grit sandpaper for Prep 120 for adding aged details *Set Coat Paint – Color Black Faux Cream Colorant - Earth Brown Aqua Glaze Aqua Guard Flat Top Coat Cheesecloth Drop Cloths Painters Tape “HOW TO” STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
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Prep*Before Beginning, see surface instructions based on the surface of your cabinet, Guide to surface prep.(link) Prepare surface as outlined in Surface Prep section. Prepare area to be painted by taping off walls and areas that you don’t want to get paint on. Use plastic and cloth drop cloths to protect floors, counter tops and appliances. After all Cabinet doors, bases and drawers have been sanded and cleaned according to your surface as noted in surface guide, begin painting. MixMix Gallon Black Set Coat with 2 oz Earth Brown Colorant. Mix well with paint stick or use a hand mixer dedicated for this purpose. With the Use of Set Coat, you do not need to also prime the cabinet first. This product acts as a primer diving deep into the surface. If using a sprayer, you need to thin this product with water about 10-20%. Test until the mixture drips one drip per second from a paint stick. (See section on sprayer tips for help) ApplyPour some of this mixture into a small paint tray. When brushing, paint the recessed areas of the cabinet doors first with a cut/slanted paint brush painting in one direction. Then complete the process with the foam roller on the flat spaces. Be sure to saturate the roller, but offload excess paint on tray so you have no drips. Do the same process on the bases, flat spaces and drawers. ***Hint, it is not necessary to empty all the cabinets of their contents, just push items away from edge and tape the inner trim areas to paint neatly. It is also not necessary to paint inside the box areas of the cabinets. Let Dry Fours Hours or preferably overnight. Apply second coat in the same manner. Sand Edges and areas that would wear naturally – corners, edges, near handles. Be sure to sand in the direction of the natural grain. Do not sand in random areas that would not naturally wear. I am sure you have seen some furniture with poorly done distressing that looks like a factory random removal of paint. The idea here is to create a beautiful custom kitchen cabinet that looks like high end furniture. You may adjust the degree of distressing by adding some knicks in the wood. I recommend a few nail holes, some depressions and a just a touch of wormholes. Do not overdo this step. A classic look is the goal. The next step is to glaze the black pieces. Why glaze a black piece? Even black furniture or cabinetry ages over time. If the wood is distressed, the painted color would fade as well. SO you must add the vintage look by glazing the cabinet. It will be a soft elegant touch that sets apart a custom kitchen cabinet. This is an awesome finish for kitchen islands! Mix 1 part of Earth Brown Colorant to 4 parts Aqua Glaze. Apply a thin coat of glaze with the 2” Chip brush going in the direction of the grain of the wood. Use the 4”chip brush in the larger areas like flat spaces at the cabinet ends or large pantry doors. Cover the entire door with glaze. While the glaze is wet, remove the desired amount (usually about 80 %) with a ball of cheese cloth or rag. I like to use Cheesecloth for a first pass and then finish the details with a rag. This allows the glaze the gather in the recessed spaces. You may leave more or less on for a custom kitchen cabinet look. You will have glaze collecting in the recently sanded edges and will color these spaces slightly which is what you want. An aged edge would not be the stark wood color of recently sanded wood. The cheesecloth allows some glaze to remain all over in a mottled look while the rag will remove most of the glaze for a more subtle look. When the desired look is achieved, let dry and repeat on each area.
Top CoatAfter this has dried overnight, apply top coat of AquaGuard Flat in the same manner with brush and roller. Allow this to dry at least 24 hours before using cabinetry or replacing hardware. PhotographPlease take pictures of your beautiful work. We would love to see them and may post on our website for inspiration to others with your permission. To see ideas of beautiful distressed furniture, check out these professional pieces,  For Email Marketing you can trust
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