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I Want To Refinish Oak Cabinets, To A Lighter Shade, Without Painting Them, But The Home Builder, "Says No"?
I just built a new home that has Oak Cabinets through-out. I decided I do not like them, and want to remove this Light Oak Gel Stain from the Oak Wood, and Re-Stain all of them, to a Lighter Color, or perhaps to use a Pickel Finish.
My Dilemma: The Builder Said, "It Is To Late", that once Oak is stained with anything, the only thing I can do is to paint over them.
If at-all-possible, I do not want to paint my Cabinets, they are just to pretty. If you have a proven technology, please send it on to me.
Thank You,
A stain job is not like paint - the stain is just that, a lot like clothes. It penetrates the wood very deeply, such that even sanding the wood down does not help. It is possible to bleach a light stain, but the results of restaining after doing that are not very satisfactory. And the work involved is quite a pain in the butt, and also other places. It is not worth the effort for results that could be disasterous. My advice is to focus on the beauty of the stained wood as it is now.