BiggerPockets

Several homes I see I have honey oak cabinets that are outdated. Instead of replacing them, what else are doing? Refacing, staining darker, painting? Please share your secrets for making oak look good again.

Thanks

Jay-

Are you painting them white? They are lower retail homes. ARV is $120K and lower.

paint is the best way to go if there in bad condition if not leave them alone replace thie sink bottom with a new skin clean with murphys soap and oil if interiors are rough looking put down white glue down paper.painting with one coat of primer should run you about $20.00 a ln ft. oak will show all its grain after painting you would have to put 4 -5 coats of primer sand in between coats to hide the grain and it wont completly disapear you can also paint and gel coat stain over paint for an older antique like finish

Ernie- What does the gel stain with labor run to redo the cabinents antique style?

Larry - What did the repainting cost for a standar kitchen? Nothing fancy, just your standard track house.

Justin,

I paid $600 to have the kitchen cabinets painted inside and out, with light cosmetic repair (some wood putty) and the labor to replace all of the hinges and handles. The price also included the paint, which he already had in stock.

wheelhouse antiquing depends on your painter or should i say your artist you can get a couple of labor guys like eric claims. but if your going to turn this house around and this goes for just about any repair get someone that knows what there doing. references are key get pictures. repairing someones mistakes sometimes cost more than the fix by the way i've been patching and repairing doors jambs all types of wood work sinks tubs and any other surface that can use patching so if anybody whans to save some money i can do dentistry work just shoot me an email by the way prices can very from 25 up to 100 and so on depending on what your sold on as soon as i get a chance ill upload some pictures to give you some ideas

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