Gel Stain To Darken Cabinets

You may be wondering how to use gel stain on your cabinets like i did and become overwhelmed by all the tutorials out there.

Gel stain to darken cabinets.

With the oak cabinets the grain was very evident post staining. I watched youtube videos i read blogs and i realized that the results were spectacular and that very easily i could achieve this amazing dark java look. The gel stain is thick like pudding not a liquid. Remove all the knobs and take apart any removable parts of the cabinets.

Updating cabinets with gel stain step 1 clean the cabinets. First remove the drawer faces and cabinet doors. These varieties tend to absorb thin traditional stains unevenly looking messy and unfinished no. While gel stain does go on thick and sit on the surface of the wood i found that you can still see and feel the natural wood grain beneath unlike paint.

Tip make sure to label the location of each door or drawer so you don t forget where it came from later. I used about half a quart of varathane gel stain by rustoleum in the color dark walnut. In my case it was one door and three drawers. Gel stain will not require you to sand the product to a raw wood finish.

Unlike other traditional stain gel stain sits on top of the wood rather than penetrating it hiding the previous stain color as well as some of the wood grain.