07-14-2014, 08:49 AM
Believe it or not, I was a union painter prior to being an electronics tech for 37 years (and going).
The application of the correct color is, to me, the most difficult and important thing about restoring a cabinet. The commercially available toners, dyes and stains are good, but it is necessary to get one of the tinting kits too. After all where are you going to get Mohawk toner in dark blue? Don't ask where it is used on the OUTSIDE of a cabinet, but it is. Or for that matter mixing the PURPLE lacquer to refinish AK metal parts - yah it kind of looks brown - kind of. OH and get a good airbrush.
The application of the correct color is, to me, the most difficult and important thing about restoring a cabinet. The commercially available toners, dyes and stains are good, but it is necessary to get one of the tinting kits too. After all where are you going to get Mohawk toner in dark blue? Don't ask where it is used on the OUTSIDE of a cabinet, but it is. Or for that matter mixing the PURPLE lacquer to refinish AK metal parts - yah it kind of looks brown - kind of. OH and get a good airbrush.
