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[@e.4355]

Nice job. I'm so tired of watching kitchen remodels where perfectly good cabinets end up in dumpsters. Obviously this was time-consuming, but the end result is beautiful. I'd like to see more of us revamping, rather than replacing. Thanks for the video.

[@ceciliapreziose3783]

I sooooooo agree

[@fredcollier1299]

The amount of work to refinish would be overwhelming - notice he had two people working on this. I say skip the pore fill and either paint or just sand and touch up the poly or varnish. Still a massive amount of work either way.

[@metallica1426]

I work in a cab shop and trust me, if your cabinet is worth anything we will take it and make stuff out of it lol wont go in the dumpster. most cabinets have cheap panels in the middle and not worth salvaging (some cases the middle panel is solid wood and that's a steal!).

[@jacobnewman9614]

after watching this, I decided to rip out my cabinets and distribute them in dumpsters all over town

[@jeffcarucci359]

I'm afraid to do this. I would hate spending all that time to have them look terrible.

[@paulhughes3961]

40 years as a painting contractor I have probably painted somewhere close to a thousand cabinets. Never used any filler but I did use a an extremely high quality sealer primer with 2 coats, and 2 coats of finish paint.

[@andrewtamblyn2191]

What primer ?

[@judymiller5154]

thanks for the tip, but exactly which primer/sealer? Did you thoroughly sand it all? or just damaged areas?

[@philipwood8776]

All you have to do

[@rickbowman21]

I’ve watched a lot of KZbin videos about painting kitchen cabinets, and I’m liking what I see with “Beyond Paint”. I haven’t seen a single thing that’s wrong with it, so that’s what I plan to use on my oak cabinets.

[@joshauth9975]

Professional painter here! Love the festool and GF products I use these often. On your next project of cabinets try out the GF stain blocking primer (2 coats) and then use 2 coats of satin “Cabinet Coat” from inselx.

[@GizmoMaltese]

How much would your charge to do the job he did?

[@garrettducat5769]

My kitchen is out of date, but my plan is to just wait until this comes back in style.

[@philipgwyn8091]

50 years ?

[@bseant420]

lol! we laugh but that time will eventually come!

[@washoecreative595]

Yep. In a few years home buyers will come through the house wondering, "Who the hell painted over these gorgeous oak cabinets, and why?" My last house had original oak flooring throughout . . . covered sometime in the last 40 years with bland carpet. I pulled up all that carpet and transformed the house.

[@holdemNE1]

My house has original white painted cabinets. I refaced the cabinets and made new doors and stained them Golden Oak. That is so outdated now that we are toying with painting them white. It's the circle of life.

[@woodwhisperer]

Builder-grade oak cabinets will never be “in style.” They’re more of a necessary evil.

[@briarfox637]

Oil based primers do wonders as a base coat to either oil based or latex enamel paint without the pore fill. Works great! I've never had grain show through with this method and I've never pore filled.

[@racerx2348]

@Hugo Sanchez ben moore advance is great. as good as oil base, and water cleanup

[@briarfox637]

@Hugo Sanchez EPA and climate nonsense is why.

[@judymiller5154]

@@racerx2348 so I wouldn't need to pore fill? I have 29 doors, 13 drawers and I'm 77... so, I need simple, effective, and no do-overs!

[@racerx2348]

@@judymiller5154 ive never pore filled. see how your doors look once they are primed. if they look good to you , then you can finish coat

[@stephenlennartz3466]

The timing of this is perfect! Not quite ready to move from our home but getting there. As kitchens sell homes (almost always) this is a great solution for those with builder grade oak cabinets (me) that don't want to spend thousands (me again) on new cabinets just to leave them behind in the house. Very nice results! Thank you for posting!

[@bighands69]

You would get a far more expensive look if you cleaned the wood and went for a natural wood finish. And that is even on builder grade. The reason why modern kitchens do not use natural wood is that people cannot actually afford them. Painted look means even mdf can look higher end. In modern times it has become expensive to have wood as a built in. I had a cousin who restored a natural wood kitchen and everybody that sees it thinks it is some super expensive custom built furniture.

[@joethebar1]

I did this last year to my oak kitchen. A helluva project but it exceeded my expectations. Used Spray Nine degreaser to clean, sanded between coats. Used two different primers- the doors closest to the stove ( greasiest) needed a very sticky primer ( Stix) and the other ones used a less sticky but more opaque primer. Each door got four coats- two primer and two top coats. I used Dulux and Stix primer and BM Advance in white-Pearl finish. The wood filler step is unnecessary- on mine, there’s very subtle grain coming through, but looks excellent. Using the right sheen is the most important step; Pearl is the right sheen.

[@cutscenesgems7824]

I am about to do the same job, and the store employee recommended me the Stix primer but i was wondering if the oak still bleed through it since it's not a stain block primer?

[@PlasmaOscillations]

@@cutscenesgems7824 I watched a video on Stix earlier today and it is not a stain blocker, it's meant as a 'conversion' primer, a base for the next primer or paint. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2jNpJ6Patqii8k

[@dannyphillips6446]

so did you prime and sand or just paint over

[@tigerlily1034]

I did the exact same thing to my oak cabinets...both top and bottom cabinets are the same color. I used the same paint as you plus added the crown molding. The one thing that elevated the entire look was adding door pulls and door knobs to complete the look!👌🤩

[@marziehardestani4497]

I am going to try this. Did you have any previous experience and if you ended up liking yours? Thank you so much for sharing . This looks so intimidating to me!

[@ianmcpherson2301]

Spray on auto primer/filler works great and dries really quick. Con: fills all gaps including the panel,rail/style joints. if you clen these as you go it works great.

[@gbjones54]

Totally agree about only doing the job for someone you love. I did several projects for my daughters that people always say I should sell or do for pay. My response is “ I don’t love them enough to do that for the money they’d pay! “. Thanks for sharing the process Marc.

[@plasmac9]

Do what you love for a living and you'll end up hating your hobby.

[@Sardious]

@@plasmac9 It's true that when it becomes your job sooner not later you have the "I do not want to do this right now but I have to cause it's a job" and that breaks it as a hobby, but doing something you like as a job doesn't remotely lead to hating it.

[@thejazzpianist25]

You are a great teacher! Very patient with this tedious work, & very articulate. Thank you! Also, love to see sons spoiling their mamas with beautiful handyman work like this!

[@GenericHandle01]

I really like wood grain myself but this was a definite upgrade. I think the uniform Oak faces, even though they look warm, was kind of bland looking and the two tone really makes the kitchen pop and look clean and new. Nice work man. Also it's good to show Mom some love.

[@davidahart2476]

When my parent bought their final house, the second owners had painted over the stained cabinets, my parents eventually had them stripped and re stained, I have the home now and I like the country look.

[@coleve8596]

Watching you and the amount of effort you had to put in, multiplied by the amount of doors I have decided to exclude all my family and friends and my mother and wife.

[@deaneng8540]

I think you saved your relationship with your family! lol

[@ajjskins]

I have been watching you since 2009, and I have always loved what you do and how you do it Mark, in this video you sound just like David Marks and Bob Ross... I can't think of a better compliment. That level of awsome is what every youtuber should strive for. Thank you Mark for sharing.

[@tkine97]

I really like the texture the grain gives the paint. I painted an oak filing cabinet and it looks SOOO good with the grain texture.

[@pew9277]

Kitchen looks great. My husband cut down a walnut tree and had it cut into lumber and planed and sanded until smooth. They were the first cabinets he ever built. All I put on them was polyurethane and the color is lovely. Every time I look at new cabinets I compare them to my solid wood and after 25 years mine still look new. I'll keep them. Oh and the tree was about 100 years old and we got a lot of cabinets from it.

[@davidkoba]

As a woodworker this video broke my heart.....You did a great job and it looks incredible but I love natural wood finishes.

[@MaxKorp88]

Huge thank you for showing the same finish filled and unfilled on oak. I've found plenty of comparable photos but never in the same finish.

[@csimet]

Great tips... exactly what I was looking to do with my "vintage" 1970s cabinets. I personally do not mind the grain lines... they add some texture.

[@csimet]

Followup on my project... I decided to not fill my face frames since they are barely noticeable and opt'd to rebuild my doors. I wanted shaker style over the original and building new doors will be a much larger project, but worth it in the long run. My plan is to use oak frames and MDF or plywood panels. The paint will provide a slight texture to help hide the oak pores, yet still allow a bit to show and match the doors to the carcasses.

[@chuckrigoulot7987]

Oak Cabinets are never outdated!

[@DCRaiderette]

I’m in the midst of painting my cabinets now. The sanding is taking forever. Glad you were honest with folks that this is NOT single weekend project!

[@tegan71969]

Tip: Use a fine finish foam roller on the cabinets in the kitchen. You won't get any brush strokes, and it takes less time.

[@donnash5813]

As a painter I agree this is great way to get the look of sprayed. No brush marks.

[@foreignfilmfan]

I had success with a velour roller on a swivel roller, and used floetrol additive for easier application and fewer brush strokes.

[@donnash5813]

@Nick Montagnoli If you use a regular roller it will leave a little bumpy texture. The foam roller leaves a very smooth surface very close to the appearance of spraying.

[@donnash5813]

@Nick Montagnoli I should have written no roller texture. I had a customer that wanted to save money on a job. I took the cabinet doors home and sprayed them. The customer rolled and brushed the cabinet frames. If you are painter you know how that turned out.

[@MrTBoneMalone]

The end product looks very nice. Yep, I'm one that would never paint over oak cabinets. Personally, I like the natural look of the wood grains with a nice stained finish.

[@midgie4410]

Me too

[@bighands69]

Maybe if somebody explained to the mother how nice the original was and that had quality look to it she may have changed her mind but to be honest a lot of this is to do with taste. My kitchen is completely solid wood and my mother asked me would I ever paint them and I nearly spit my coffee out

[@BBell-qt1lr]

Me too! I would never paint solid wood cabinets. I also think that using the filler makes the cabinets look like laminate. I really don't like laminate. Now those that aren't solid wood - yes, I would paint those.

[@privatepilot4064]

MrTBoneMalone, same here. There’s nothing more beautiful as natural wood. But, to each his own, I guess.

[@jamesjones6166]

Was builder grade cabinets. Not like painting over fine finished oak. He added a lot of value with filling the pores. Most folks would not invest the time. I thought it was a good presentation

[@WILLIAMMORALES-gw1zz]

In AZ I grew up with oak everywhere, I don't have a problem painting it, so tired of it lol.

[@marymarymillidweeb2661]

You went through the 80's and 90's eh!? So much orange wood.

[@WILLIAMMORALES-gw1zz]

@@marymarymillidweeb2661 Ha ha yes dating myself.

[@marymarymillidweeb2661]

@@WILLIAMMORALES-gw1zz me too.

[@mackenziehuff6368]

This was the video I didn't even know I needed. I was searching for general painting tips for cabinets and stumbled upon this. After watching, I phoned a friend to see if the cabinets I was painting were oak (they were) and decided to take a few more days to do this the right way. I'm so glad I did. Thank you!

[@apweaver3498]

My mom repaired and repainted her 25 year old pine cabinets and the kitchen looks amazing. It was a lot of work but she has real solid wood cabinets, she could never afford that nowadays. New hinges and pulls and the kitchen looks brand new! I just remember telling her, "I see how it is, all of us kids move out and now you paint the kitchen and make it look nice and new". It is almost like she has more money without having to feed three kids anymore ;)

[@dyarger]

We just did this to our kitchen. We did buy new doors. We felt it was really wasteful just to throw boxes away to buy new boxes no one would ever really see. Saved some money too. Great Video!!! Appreciate the tips!

[@Jin-Ro]

I'm in England, and my Kitchen Oak cabinets are about 150yrs old, which is pretty new considering the house is 773 yrs old. I wouldn't dream of painting them, even if they are out of date!

[@garyderksen8930]

I would never paint solid Oak cabinets...change the backsplash or countertop yes but cabinets...Nooooo

[@TomYpsilanti]

I love that in America our "old" houses are newer than your 150-year old cabinets :)

[@Agrillot6]

Pics or it’s a lie! (Seriously, I’d love to see it.)

[@snowps1]

Wow, I want to see your house!

[@stevenmorris2293]

These cabinets aren’t

[@darrinlindsey]

I loved the subtle comment about covering perfectly good wood with drywall. Not everyone has that same taste.

[@artflorez1568]

Looks great! Really like the two tone effect. Only thing I would do differently is add door and drawer pulls.

[@sherristokes6473]

Thank you for telling and showing us the difference between pour fill and showing the grain. I personally like the grain showing through. Yes, definitely a lot of work for the flat finish and definitely worth the work if you are willing to put in that work!

[@lowellirish]

Thank you for showing the difference between filled and unfilled! I have about 10 doors to do, and I was wondering about the grain...Great demo! TY subbed

[@JessicaDaniJohnson]

The best explanation and demonstration of this process that ive seen🎉❤. I messed up putting diluted white* wood filler on white* cabinets. The stress from tying to see the fill grained vs filler that needed sanding made the process hell. Luckily i only did 1/3 of my doors. Ill use these extra tips to do the rest. This was verry helpful. Im ok putting in the work. The grain pattern has been bugging me since i moved into my home.

[@troyclayton]

Cool video, thanks. I fill open grain by wet sanding with water based poly, sprinkling previously gathered sanding dust as I go (inspired by old timers doing it with oil). I keep the poly in a large plastic syringe and squeeze it out as needed, sometimes spraying with a water bottle*. I push the paste formed into the grain with the paper and then level it with a knife (if flat). It even looks great under a clear coat and fills smaller imperfections. I just refinished our 30 year old oak stair treads and they now mirror reflect, one of my pandemic projects. edit:* if paste gets too dry and thick

[@IAmKyleBrown]

Those profile sanders are amazing. You get a better finish and much easier on the hands. I sanded a few hundred linear of feet of trim remodeling my kitchen (wanted to save the original woodwork) and they were a game changer.

[@RealBlueLady]

Great job! They look beautiful. I love the two colors. You brought her kitchen into today from two decades ago!

[@miket5506]

We just installed brand new North American Cherry cabinets in our kitchen and they look amazing. They also look strikingly similar to these. Can’t beat the look of natural wood.

[@SashaTheOneAndOnly]

You've given me a lot of inspiration for different projects. I love your channel and I hope u never stop!!! The most recent piece I've made is a chair that is carved to look like the initials of me friend! Thank u so much Marc!❤️

[@n8wrl]

I have to say I'm not a fan of painted kitchens but that looks really really nice. Very nice combination of colors, and, as I always see from you, top-notch work. Thanks for sharing!

[@willowhilldesigns7]

You did a beautiful job! What a great updated look too! I’d love to paint my pecan cabinets white; they’re well made, but I don’t care for the natural wood look anymore. I don’t think I would ever tackle all that work though. Thanks for a very informative video.

[@seviregis7441]

Beautiful job, 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 and yes, a ton of work. Even the older style tile and countertops looked updated afterwards.

[@ragnkja]

In my family we’ve had success with primer that’s made specifically to conceal knots and wood grain. The wood has generally been pine (still a ring-porous wood, but much softer than oak), and using the right primer made a huge difference. For anyone in Norway reading this: se etter kvist- og sperregrunning; bare sperregrunning dekker ikke kvist og årringer.

[@bighands69]

Primer acts as a screen for the finish to be applied to.

[@elsiemontgomery7974]

Do you mind giving me the primer product name? My email is [e-mail]. Thank you!

[@heatherjmorvik]

Elsie Montgomery ".. l.

[@ragnkja]

Elsie Montgomery I don’t know what the type of primer is called in English. It doesn’t have to be a specific brand (although the ones we’ve used have been Norwegian ones that I’m not sure you can get in the US), just the right type. Ask at the store, because they can probably help you.

[@shaosu9243]

@@elsiemontgomery7974 Zinsser,B.I.N ultimate stain blocker is good product we can have it at home depot/ Walmart/ Amazon....

[@mariapilarme]

I used fence stain light gray without preparing it. It looks like a light gray wash totally up to date and they all look fantastic! Modern light wash and the grain of the oak makes it looks better. It looks like French country.

[@robertpryor7225]

Open floor plan, painted cabinets, gray paint, waterfall countertops, mid-century modern. All this will be in style forever, like these bell bottoms.

[@ceciliapreziose3783]

right you are

[@jgn1977]

You forgot about shiny gold door handles. Classic

[@vaderladyl]

Some of that has been for decades now.

[@barbaraeppolito8176]

It looks modern and beautiful! So much better than before.

[@marlonvaz4258]

Make people's life happier is all that matter. Congratulations, I am sure your mom is proud of you!

[@Tbone.357]

I repainted all my brother's cabinets. Took all the doors off, sanded the varnish lightly, then sprayed an oil-based primer over them followed by a latex gloss enamel from Sherwin-Williams. between the primer and finish coat I caulked all the small cracks that were visible...They look like glass.

[@donnash5813]

That is what I do on my jobs and customers are always very happy with the results.

[@acarguy374]

I repainted my oak builder grade cabinets and they look great still 4 years later And everyone said don’t paint cabinets. Home Depot “pros” (Crooks) wanted 40k to just replace the doors and put in granite. I had to superglue all the floating center boards as the grain filling and paint would fracture all along the edges. I sprayed Sherwin Williams pro classic door and trim paint after priming well and it ended up perfect.

[@bighands69]

You could have also cleaned the oak up and finished it to a high standard. The most expensive kitchens you can buy are natural wood look. I think in many people's mind they view it as cheaper because the wood probably needs a little bit of restoration.

[@user-jc9yz5xl9b]

THAT is a labor of love and I don't have enough of it to do a whole kitchen. Maybe a vanity.

[@bluewaters3100]

My daughter got half way on her oak cabinets with the sanding and paint then hired someone to finish the rest. It is very time consuming. It looks okay but not worth the money she spent. Clean the oak and make it look nice...get new counter tops and paint the walls instead!

[@fosmith61]

Some nice Modern chrome pulls for for the doors and drawers would have been a nice finishing touch.

[@joes2318]

Nice to see a good Australian product like Timber Mate getting used overseas! It’s a staple for woodworkers and tradesmen over here.

[@sharyn4271]

Looks great! I especially like the addition of the crown molding.

[@donfeldman]

Excellent video as always. Wish I knew about pore fillers before I painted the cheap factory oak cabinets. Advice I would recommend to anyone painting cabinets is to wait minimum of 39 days before any heavy cleaning or use of the cabinets after they are painted. . It can take this long for the paint to fully "harden" Particularly if using a melamine type of paint. Paint also good way to finish shop grade plywood if doing a DIY and can't afford the cabinet grade.

[@ciaras.2621]

This guy just made me change my mind! The hell with all that work

[@ziggenx79]

I am in the process of resurfacing all of my kitchen cabinets as well. I've already done the bathroom and it actually wasn't too bad but there are a lot more cabinets in the kitchen! The house was built in the 60's so if you can imagine, I've got my work cut out for me. I've decided to sand everything down to the bare wood and buy all new and updated hardware for the handles and hinges. Wish me luck!

[@phuongle6016]

I've repainted my builder grade cabinets and even without grain fill, it took easily over 50-60 hours of work to do. 1 coat of primer and 2 coats of paint

[@plasmac9]

This guy had another guy helping them and it looks like it took them 4 days from start to finish so you're spot on here. You could build new doors from scratch, finish, and have them installed in about two and a half day and that's working by yourself.

[@thezfunk]

@@plasmac9 If you have the shop and setup.

[@cherylberry1613]

Wow I bet you have a very happy mom. Truly elevates the sophistication of her kitchen. ♡gorgeous♡

[@francesbison1268]

Awesome job! I’m about ready to start on mine soon! Love to see all the tips and tricks to a beautiful durable finish!

[@sheepledtotheslaughter4917]

I'm actually in the middle of doing my kitchen cabinets white, the local box store turned me to a first layer product by ppg called gripper, it has worked amazing as a first coat primer and for paint adhesion, I did two coats of white after that with great flat results.

[@geoleo1963]

I think you did a great job and the door looks good. I work for a professional cabinet refinishing company. We do our fare share of oak cabinets. Each two man crew does at least one kitchen a week. We have a much different paint that you can’t buy in a store and it’s water based and sprayed on the doors and the the drawer fronts in our shop with an hvlp sprayer. We use bin primer and roll it on with foam roller and that’s how we fill the grain it works and it dries fast then we can burnish it and put the color coats on. Then we put on a uv top coat and cure it with uv light. It comes out just as durable as the prefinished hardwood flooring you buy from Armstrong. The problem I see most people do is they just don’t prep the wood properly and they try and rush it and then it looks like they painted it with a brush. The products that they sell at the big box stores like rustolium cabinet refinishing kits are garbage.

[@10bbremer]

George Charbonneau True. Those "simple, quick, easy, no sanding" cabinet painting videos are BS. A year later they will be scratched specially where the handles and pulls are.

[@grantbos5967]

General Stain products are awesome. Nice job on the cabinets . For those naysayers General Stain does a line of gel stains that is amazing. Turns those builder grade cabinets into truly beautiful rich finish that enhances that transforms those tired out of date cabinets. And no it doesn't peel or fade.

[@ericpretot3192]

I paint cabinets for a living. You got great results. I recommend priming with white pigmented shellac. After a thorough cleaning... sand, vacuum, and tack. Then, your choice of finish. I prefer waterborne lacquer. Two coats. However, if you are brushing or rolling them, the product you recommend is great. Waterborne lacquer doesn't brush well. Great job.

[@aj402]

I’m also a painter and I religiously refer cabinet jobs to the experts. Lol.

[@2626firefly]

After looking at my cabinets for 30 years, I'm ready for a change. ! I would love to paint them but it does look like a lot of hard work! Great job- the look wonderful.

[@audnbob1]

I was exactly where you are. I ended up painting mine this past December with the Nuvo Cabinet Paint Kit and I'm (54 yr old mother/wife) still shocked at how easy it was (one weekend) and how nice they still look! All of our cabinet's were different? Some were wood, other's were melamine,...some had hardware, other's had none...We went with the Coco Couture and love it! That led me to do everything else in the kitchen too because it made such an impact. We put new hardware on everything and wow it really looks nice!! Go for it!!!!

[@greggreg8799]

Steel wool works good for the between coats sanding, particularly on the contours.

[@CALB2009]

I agree! I've had a lot success using 0000 Fine Steel Wool during the finishing process. I also like to get a package of light weight paper lunch bags/sacks at the grocery store, cut them up into the sizes I need, and use them to sand between finish coats. They're perfect for just removing dust nibs and not compromising the finish.

[@captainboathands6124]

I love that you sprayed the doors. I see so often people absolutely terrified of hvlp sprayers, it was just so nice to see someone actually spray something for a change. They aren’t prohibitively expensive either, I threw a system together for well under a grand. Anyway, really nice work! The cabinets look fantastic!

[@bret44]

looks great!! but man, that is a lot of work.

[@jbncnow]

I have 27 doors and 11 drawers that would be too time consuming

[@sbrave]

@@jbncnow Srsly!!

[@callieduval3000]

My whole house is outdated so I'm updating everything with prep paint peel and stick laminate vinyl and whatever i can find on clearance and sales that goes with my vision. Thank you for helping

[@stevenreichertart]

Thanks for the demonstration. I’d love to know how long that really took. One year, or two?

[@shannonbullock2202]

😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!! I just did my kitchen cabinets also and I had this exact thought while watching.

[@Motokarts]

For the amount of time that one door took, I'd buy them 10x over

[@Adrian-jh5cr]

I just did this exact same thing to my house from that old school pine to a new update what a huge difference just some paint patience and a backsplash! Increased my home value just in updating it!

[@decoratingfanatic]

I love painted cabinets! Looks great!

[@Kmw0522]

Omg I have sooo many cabinets in my new home that look just like this and I was thinking the paint job would be easy, but it’s more than I thought now that I’ve watched this video. Looks great though! And worth the time

[@katherineenna5661]

When I had my cabinets painted by someone he recommended adding a bead of caulk in the priming stage around the inside of the panel and filled in the gap that was more noticeable when painted from the oak wood grain. I have had more people comment on how well my cabinets turned out from when they painted their own cabinets and a lot of it had to do with the prep and an alcohol base primer I believe he used and the caulking on the inside of the styles to medicate the physical separation of the panel.

[@CycleBreakerDragon]

OMG thank you! This is EXACTLY what I will do in my kitchen because I am not interested in replacing them yet.

[@robinsuewho9430]

Thank you for this video. We're house hunting in Missouri/Kansas there's an inordinate amount of homes with these outdated oak cabinets that have such an ugly coloring to them. Once we buy, we'll most likely have to redo the cabinets.

[@dannyscobee6530]

We did this to our kitchen several years ago. Same deal, builder grade oak cabinets. I hated the idea of painting all that beautiful oak, but the wife insisted & I caved. As it turned out, she was right... again, & the cabinets look great. She’s still happy with them!

[@ramirogarcia6059]

Did you use the same filler?

[@dannyscobee6530]

@@ramirogarcia6059 no, I used a primer that was recommended by paint supplier. I wanted to be able to still see the grain in the wood. It worked perfect for us.

[@light-yi2me]

He was just joking people when he said maybe to his wife, relax! For me as a female there are things I do for mom that I wouldn’t do for the hubby and vice versa.

[@briarfox637]

Anything I'd be willing to do for anyone else, my wife would get the same privilege. I know hes joking though. lol

[@bgrigg07]

I did a similar project 10 years ago. I chose a dark chocolate color and dark granite for the bottom cabinets and a light yellow color for the top cabinets, matching the wall color. It looked fantastic. The dark color grounded the lower cabinets and the lighter top cabinets gave the room an airy appearance that belied its 10' x 10' size. And all for some elbow grease and a few pots of paint.

[@bmrjma2144]

Wow, a sprayer I guess is the way to go huh? Those look amazing

[@bettenotap4791]

Very nice video, right to the point, good product info and good technique demonstrating. Clear, concise, everything you want a video to be.

[@TheWoody1516]

"Never half-ass two things, whole ass one thing" - Ron Swanson

[@RuleGarza]

After seeing all this hard work. I'll leave my oak the way it is

[@grumpygnome9316]

20 years down the road somebody will be removing that paint, the home improvement GAME is alive and well

[@saraklotz2289]

Painting cabinets have been popular for years and years, lol. Orange oak isn’t coming back in style.

[@saraklotz2289]

James Miller um, like you will know either? Hypocrite much?

[@privatepilot4064]

Scott Heaton, and calling them outdated cabinets. Personally, natural wood is never outdated. It’s almost like wingtip shoes!

[@stevecarson4162]

@@saraklotz2289 : Who cares about "style" -- and who gets to decide WHICH style is currently acceptable? I say do what you like. But if I had to choose between beautiful natural wood, and doing a WHOLE LOT of work just to make it look plain and white like MDF, the paintjob would always lose.

[@AndrewSzekely]

looks great

[@P1983sche]

Man, am I glad I watched this about the filler process. I would not like the look of seeing the grain showing through. Thanks! This is going to be my summer project. Great video!

[@molliemae6855]

From the comments it sounds like lots of people don’t understand the cupboards you were working with are not solid oak! Like you said, a CHEAP, builder grade.

[@sabine3769]

Even if they were solid oak its their kitchen and it looks great.

[@vaderladyl]

There are some builder's grade that are actually solid wood out there, but not these?

[@MrRtcrockett]

I repainted the Cabinets in one of my Rental Properties. Looks Great ... Saved Money. Had fun finding the Cabinet Refinisher inside of me. THANKS.

[@travis00017]

Do you not have to strip/sand the existing stain, varnish or poly before this process?

[@Really10801]

No, you definitely do not. Just wipe the cabinets down well with a liquid de-glosser first. It will remove any grease/dirt and soften the varnish to improve adhesion of whatever you use over it.

[@londonmichaels4345]

Thanks for this video. I understand why some people do not, but I totally like the look of the grain.

[@fryreartechnology7611]

That stuff reminds me of ‘bondo’ body filter for cars. Build it up, sand it down, then you can finish. Personally I like the wood look but it is good to know

[@vaderladyl]

Well it is pretty much like "Bondo" for wood.

[@WideAwakeHuman]

Literally came to the comments to say... Why not just use Bondo? Probably harder and easier to sand, idk

[@randyscrafts8575]

Ya. Some girls use it on their face. Their pillow case tells the full version of what I'm talkin bout. 🤭 (Did I just say that)

[@jeremiahdillon7672]

We used bondo all the time for wood repairs like this. Works great.

[@sammyelliott5554]

Great job! Informative video. Working on my own kitchen even as I type. I am replacing the doors. The face frames are being sanded and primed with Zinssers shellac based primer. Then lightly sanded and topcoated with Sherwin Williams Emerald urethane enamel. (Satin). Key is to use top quality tools and techniques. So far this has taken about 4 long days and have not gotten the doors as of yet. Thanks for the video...looks professional.

[@ewhiles]

I was wondering how much grain filler you ended up using for the whole project? I am prepping to start my kitchen project and just trying to get ready.

[@alangrudzinski7439]

So many people want to repaint their cabinets. Great idea and a well done video, as always. This is going to get a ton of views!

[@1RAYGC]

I think it's almost criminal to paint beautiful natural oak.

[@thepaigeparker]

IKR, wood is neutral, I see young people calling it “orange” I just don’t get it. If you don’t like the tone of the finish there is such a thing as wood stain.

[@marymarymillidweeb2661]

@@thepaigeparker That's funny, almost a compliment for me! I'm 67 and that's exactly what I call the oak cabinets etc. Orange. And to me orange only belongs on oranges or pumpkins. Not a fan of orange. I came home once to find my beautiful adirondack/muskoka chairs had been given a wood stain. They were ORANGE! Against my taupe coloured front door, posts on my grey concrete porch. It looked so awful.

[@lynsmith2698]

Great job. I get poo pooed all the time for painting wood. I just stripped and painted an antique oak buffet and made it into a bathroom vanity and we love it. And in the long run....you are the only one you have to please. Great video, and very helpful as my next project is doing my kitchen cabinets...thankfully our kitchen is way smaller than your mums.

[@vaderladyl]

Better than going to the landfill, for sure.

[@crmcbrideww]

"my mom and Nichole... Maybe" hey dude your Italian is showing!

[@tammy5926]

When I built my condo in 2004 I thought I picked a cabinet color I would love forever but I'm starting to look at them and know I want them updated. Thanks for all the great information.

[@paisteplayer1040]

Wow, that would take forever, and if your doing it for a customer would cost a fortune, might as well just put in new white cabinets.

[@SteeleMagnolia]

I'm a hardcore DIYer, and I take all my projects seriously, from planning stage to completion, no shortcuts. About to start my own cabinet resurfacing, when I discovered your top-notch video! Those that see the final products that we master have the dilusion that it's a simple project, because our years of knowledge and techniques make it look "easy" and simple.

[@ZombieHunter37]

I'll never understand folks that want to paint over a nice looking wood. But to each their own I guess.

[@midgie4410]

Especially black. People seem obsessed with that color for their kitchen these days. I think it's depressing

[@SD-nh5yr]

That's nice that you did this for your mom...you are a good son!✌