Faux painting kitchen cabinets...rustic white look

[blocky97]

Hi,

so i'm going to repaint the kitchen cabinents....currently it is glossy, i want to put a rustic white to it...

would i be using the 'faux pas' type thingie that i saw in another post?

or is there a rustic type white type of paint?

thanks

[prowallguy]

would i be using the 'faux pas' type thingie that i saw in another post?
I'm sorry, I have no idea what this is.

[blocky97]

sorry, i mean faux painting....or i should say, how would i make the cabinets have a rustic feel to it?

[Annette]

faux pas?! ha! :D thanks.....i enjoyed that. :p ;)

yes, it's faux painting ("faux" is French for "fake") that you're wanting to do.

if your cabinets are currently stained glossy, you can clean them with TSP and sand them down a bit, then apply your creamy or white paint (or whatever color) over that. then you can sand off the paint just on some of the edges, and next to the handles and anywhere that you think years of wear would have naturally occurred. this will reveal the wood tone underneath and give you that worn, rustic look.

if they're currently painted, you'll probably just need to sand a bit more to get down to the wood.

another way to do this is to just paint your cabinets (after proper prep) with the cream or white and then, over that, apply a brown glaze or a stain. wipe most of it off, so that it just stays in the cracks & crevices, and so it just sort of tones down & ages the fresh new looking paint.

you should practice on the back of a cabinet door first & get your technique down before proceeding with them all.

you might search the web for "faux painting" or check out this site: http://www.fauxlikeapro.com/learn.asp

also, your local paint stores will have different products & kits that help make the process easy. there are several different ways to get a rustic look - glaze, crackle paint, stain, sanding, etc.

[Annette]

also, see this thread:

http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=194862

P.S. i'm moving this thread to the Faux topic.

[blocky97]

Yea i have looked at the 'wood' underneath the paint and its that particle board thing...well not particle board but it is that ugly stuff that goes over it...so i think i'll have to just paint, and then apply the glaze

[Annette]

yep - that's the route i'd take, too.

good luck & post back with your results!

[fixer-upper]

You may find that you initially have difficulting in get a consistent look in the glazing. Cloths and rags vary greatly in absorbancy; sometimes it is really hard to get the right amount of glaze on or off! One suggestion that has helped other beginners is to use steel wool for dragging the glaze. Try a medium, medium-fine, and fine steel wool pad.

What you'll find out is that the steel wool actually helps impart a bit of "faux grain" to the glaze, rather than looking like something that was simply wiped off. It is particularly effective if, every now and then, you do a short stop-n-start (like a hiccup) in your dragging rather than making beautiful straight lines. Pick a glaze with some worktime so you can experiment. You can also try cheesecloth as alternative method of creating a rustic look.

Cheryl

[blocky97]

ahhh great suggestion!! i'll try that!

thanks a bunch!