Hello,
Starting a cherry kitchen cabinet project in the near future. Looking for finish recommendations. Ideally want to use oil for an “in the wood finish”. I would also use wax for a topcoat.
Trying to avoid poly or lacquer to stay away from the “plastic” look. Do you think Danish oil (Deft) is suitable for kitchen cabinets ? Or do you think polymerized tung oil would provide the look I want with better durability ?
Recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you.
Brian
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If you have spray capabilities, try this:
http://www.sherlink.com/sher-link/ImgServ?id=5304712.pdf&basePath=/user_projects/productionDomain/applications/sherwinApp/sher-link/temp/dp/
Hello Brian,
According to Bob Flexner (in his "Understanding Wood Finishing" book) polymerized tung oil is the one (amongst all oils) that provides the best protection.
Regards,
Senomozi
Brian,
Deft danish oil is an oil/varnish mixture. It will provide a lot more protection than any oil only finish including polymerized tung oil and would IMO give you the minimum amount of durability for kitchen cabinets. Wax doesn't provide any real additional protection and would introduce a maintenance issue that you probably don't want to deal with on a whole set of kitchen cabinets. Save the wax for an end table or some smaller project that can be re-waxed in minutes instead of hours.
Rob
Edited 11/30/2007 5:59 pm ET by Rob A.
I just finished my cherry kitchen. I used Deft Oil to pop the grain and after 2 weeks of drying I applied 2 coats of Deftthane gloss followed by 1 coat of satin. This was then rubbed with 4/0 steel wool and wool lube. It looks great and the poly provides the protection a kitchen cabnet needs. It does not look like plastic, it looks just like the first coat of oil.
BTW, I used 2 coats of gloss before the satin because the gloss does not have sterates tha can obscure the grain.
Edited 12/1/2007 9:43 am ET by DonC
I'm sure you'll get lots of recommendations, but I just finished my cherry kitchen about 18 months ago. I used Waterlox, wiped on with a clean rag. I did two coats of the original sealer finish and three of the gloss. So far, it still looks good, easy to clean with a damp rag. I am a rank amateur, by the way. Check out Waterlox' website.
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