Hide Oak Grain On Cabinets

what's going on guys Alex music in here from mr. bilder welcome back for another week in my garage this week's project is going to be one that I think everybody can relate are you like millions of Americans who are suffering from old oak cabinets that you cannot paint because of the pores that are in the oak I'm going to show you how for almost under $30 we can take these old dated cabinets and turn them into something that was built yesterday so without wasting time let's cue the intro let's go [Music] so in order to accomplish this project we're going to need a few supplies number one the main event the aqua quote uncle coat it's a clear woodgrain filler on Amazon I think it's like 20 or so bucks you need an either squeegee or a scraper or even a credit card an old one you need a rag and sandpaper you'll need 80 grit 120 grit up to 220 and then for the finished project 320 ish since everybody in this world hates sanding I feel like we need to prep ourselves for this because that's we're in it for the long haul so I say let's cue some optimistic music not bad let's get to work Oh ready folks first things first just like any kind of project we're gonna start by disassembling all the hardware really gonna make our lives so much easier to us me sanding the culprit of every divorce we're gonna start by stripping the material using 80 grit sandpaper followed by a hundred twenty followed by two hundred twenty right before we actually start applying the chemical wood filler after ensuring that all the sawdust is off of your project especially in all the little small little nooks and crannies in the details you're gonna take the aqua coat and you're gonna take a rag it's are wiping against the grain I find that using the circular motion works the best that way actually gets into the grain and you don't end up wiping it off with you go with the grain put on a nice good heavy coat keep in mind we're gonna do about three to four coats on this you'll really start seeing the wood starts saturating during this process once you insert that the first layer is on scrape off any excess material you can go with the grain or against the grain it really doesn't matter at this point as long as you don't use a rock because if you use a rag and start wiping any of the excess material off you are in jeopardy of pulling off any of the wood grain that we already put on the first coat into the pores allow the material to dry for about thirty and forty minutes before applying the remainder two to four coats depending on your project after three or four coats of the grain filler use 320 grit sandpaper for a final sand to get by the glass smooth ready for paint when painting you can roll it you could spray it a pan and primer combination works fantastic overall I think this project turned out great you could still see some of the grain pattern you just don't see the porous oak holes that are usually there I think it's a great alternative where you don't have to buy a brand new cabinet and you don't have to build brand new doors well that is it for me this week I really hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did please hit that like button make sure you hit that subscribe button if you haven't yet a video comes out every single week and I don't want you to miss a single one - that this week we'll see you guys next week see ya