[Ron Ramirez]

There are some days when you should not work on any home projects...

I tried spraying toner on the individual bottom trim pieces.

First of all, I forgot to apply a sealer coat.

Then, I discovered after spraying that the toner ran down the side edges and left the edges looking crappy.

At that point...I quit and went for a Sunday drive.

I did pick up some Rustoleum clear lacquer while out, but I did not do any other cabinet work today.

I did not touch the tops, so that is a good thing.

Now...once I remember my spraying technique (I have not done any cabinet refinishing since moving to this house), I'll rub down the trim pieces with acetone, and try again.

I can report that the color (where the toner did not run) is very pleasing...

[Ron Ramirez]

Four days later...

I took the trim pieces outside and, with the help of good old acetone, soon had the trim pieces looking as they did when they were first stained.

I'll be home early tomorrow (but have to work Saturday morning ), so my plan is to spray everything with sanding sealer, lightly sand, and then - maybe if time allows - spray some toner (again).

It's supposed to rain all weekend, so I hope to get as much done as I can tomorrow afternoon as I will not be able to spray any lacquer while it is raining.

[Ron Ramirez]

...progress...

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This is how things looked after the trim pieces and the underside of the top trim received two coats of clear sanding sealer, and before I wet sanded the pieces with 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper, leaving a very smooth surface on everything.

Since then, I have sprayed two thin coats of toner on all of the bottom trim as well as the undersides of the top trim attached to the tops. It's going much better this time, and I'm trying to be more careful.

I will apply one or two more coats of toner, depending upon how things look after the third coat, let dry for awhile, then flip the tops over and repeat the sanding sealer/toner procedure on the tops and the outer edges of the top trim.

[Ron Ramirez]

Okay!

Three coats of toner were enough for the trim. I am very pleased with the color now. And this time, spraying carefully, the toner did not run down the edges as it did before.

I've set the bottom trim aside, flipped the tops over (right side up), and given both tops three coats of sanding sealer.

Later, I will wet sand the tops and then apply three coats of toner.

And that is probably as far as I will get until the next time I am able to work on them. The high humidity was causing the toner to "blush" in spots. Thankfully, I have the cure in a can...Mohawk No Blush Plus.

But I won't be able to spray lacquer tomorrow or Sunday with the probability of rain and possible flash flooding. Any lacquer spraying in those conditions would result in lots of blushing. I'll just have to wait it out.

[Ron Ramirez]

The tops are toned!

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Like the trim, each top has three coats of Mohawk Medium Walnut toner.

After toning, I noticed that the tops were also blushing. A quick spritz of No Blush Plus here and there took care of that issue.

Once the tops were dry to the touch, I took them inside and set each one on top of its respective cabinet.

Here's a photo, with the cabinets sitting back to back:

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They aren't 100% perfect, but I think they are turning out very well indeed.

[Eliot Ness]

Those are looking pretty darn nice

[KCMike]

 Good job Ron.

[Ed Locker]

[Ron Ramirez]

Thanks, guys!

I had a bit of a scare today...

After returning home from my half day at work to find the rain holding off, I decided to take everything outside and start spraying clear Rustoleum Lacquer on all of the pieces.

The tops immediately blushed like crazy.

And Mohawk's No Blush Plus did not seem to help!

So...

I decided to let things dry and tackle the issue another day.

When I went back to the garage to bring everything back into the basement, the blushing was all but gone from the tops!

A little later, the tops do not show any blushing at all...

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Whew! That's a relief!

The forecast is calling for rain...every day...for the coming week. I will eventually get back to work on these pieces, but I am going to wait until the weather clears up before doing any more work on the pieces.

The next move: Wet sanding, followed by more coats of clear. As the originals appeared to have several coats of clear, I am also going to apply several coats, wet sanding in between every 2-3 coats.

And, unless I am overruled by one of you cabinet experts, I probably will not apply more than 8-9 coats of clear.

[GarySP]

Looking like new Ron!  If there are any flaws, as you say, I sure can't see them in the photographs.  You do good work!  Take care, Gary

[KCMike]

The tops immediately blushed like crazy. Icon_redface

And Mohawk's No Blush Plus did not seem to help!

I had that same thing happen last week on the 116B cabinet I was spraying. Humidity was 60%, a little high, so I had the no blush in hand and it blushed like you describe and the No Blush did not seem to work. Took it inside and later it had disappeared.

[Ron Ramirez]

Thanks, Gary and Mike...

In case anyone is wondering...no, no progress...it has rained here every day since Friday, and it is supposed to keep raining every day through the coming weekend. So, until the rain stops...no progress...

I looked at the tops and the trim pieces a while ago. They look good, no blushing

[Kenneth F. Besso Jr.]

WOW,,,What a Fantastic job,,,beautiful,they came out,,,

[Ron Ramirez]

On the way home today from northern Indiana, I stopped at Woodcraft in Indianapolis and picked up some rottenstone, rubbing oil and a felt pad. Once all of the lacquer has been sprayed on all of the pieces, I plan to rub them out with rottenstone and oil before attaching everything to the cabinets.

Staying home from work tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be good, no rain so I'll be spraying more lacquer on the Bozak pieces (finally).

[Ron Ramirez]

Grrr...

For some reason which I cannot explain, the second coat of clear I applied to the bottom trim today started "alligatoring" badly.

I tried some Blender Flow-Out but it didn't help.

After letting the trim dry a while and attempting to sand it out, I burned through the toner on the edges of one trim piece.



So that's it. I will re-strip all but two of the trim pieces (two out of six are OK) and re-respray them.

On the other hand...

The tops are coming along well and my next move on those are to lightly wet sand with 1000 grit - tomorrow after work - and then give them their final coats. Keeping fingers crossed that they remain OK...