Understand Grain Filler & Tools

this is part one of a two-part series of how to get a glassy smooth finish on oak cabinets part two will be the finished process how we go about finishing the cabinets after applying aqua coat so stay tuned for this video this Kristi Idaho painter in this paint life TV and today I'm going to talk about how to get a glassy smooth finish on wood oak grain cabinets one of the products I use to achieve that glassy smooth finish is aqua Co and this is a product I've been using for quite a few years it used to be clear so you would apply it on your surface and you really couldn't see where you went and where you needed to sand very well now this has got a couple coats on it now you can see it's white and it has this white pigment in it so it's very easy to see where you've applied it and what you need to sand it does bond a lot better than it used to and it has more solids in it so you don't have to apply as many coats as you used to in the past it comes in pints it comes in quarts and it also comes in gallons right here here's a gallon of it average sized kitchen cabinets is probably gonna use about a quart so this is what you'd use for average size set of kitchen cabinets you can apply it on painted surfaces so if you make the mistake of applying or painting your cabinets before applying aqua Co and they look really grainy you can put your aqua coat right over the top of the painted surface the painted surface just needs to be cured so these are lacquered cabinets right here we're gonna sand them first then clean them and then apply our aqua coat and I'm going to talk about the tools that we use to apply it right now so onto the tools that I use for applying the aqua coat I like us an assortment of squeegees and I've got a set right here these I purchased from a local hardware store they're nice flexible I do like plastic or rubber squeegees versus metal because metal is more likely to scratch our gouge or surface I got them with handles got them with handles and then I also have some odd shaped ones and these are kind of to use to remove decals or window tinting on windows I got them from a local window tinner very simple in the past I used to use an old credit card to apply it with works very well because they're flexible they're small and they Bend really easily I like to have a size that I can scoop out my aqua coat with a squeegee that will reach in and scoop it out so I like one that fits inside like a quart container if I'm using a cord this one will…