Originally Posted by
Glenn
I remember seeing it. Your sister can stain the cabinet but during the blonde process they sealed the wood with a sealer toe seal the grain. This has to be removed before is will take a stain. Either by sanding if solid wood or stripping it. Does the cabinet have a whitish look after the sanding if it does it will have to be stipped. The blonde Danish look is more of a pickling thing meaning stained with white paint or stain and it will be deep in the grain of the wood. I would just strip lit and start over, and then she can do anything she wants with it.
We will get into the drawers and cabinets on out next trip.
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Hi Glenn, I just picked up a 99 in a cabinet. The owner had tried to refinish it, she sanded the top, but the legs look like the stain was just put on without sanding. And, it is a blonde wood cabinet. I sanded a small area of one of the legs, and it looked whitish. Is my only choice to strip the entire cabinet? If I sand it, could I paint it?
Thank you,
Anamaria