Wednesday, November 19, 2008
BBQ in the Bible?!
"Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire..." Exodus 12:9a (NIV)
Friday, November 14, 2008
And the cabinet color is....
Well, the stain color testing is over. We're going custom mix. I think I'll call it "Cinnamon Pecan".
There are 3 color samples on the trim piece in this photo. The one on the right is Red Chestnut (way too dark). The one in the middle is a mix 1:1 Red Chestnut:Golden Pecan (a little too red).
The one on the left is the one we are going with. It's a 2:3 mix of Red Chestnut:Golden Pecan.
So that means I have tons of stain. Can't get Red Chestnut in Colby, so I bought 4 quarts of it in Hays in case I needed it. Fortunately, I can get Golden Pecan here though.
This second picture shows the test piece up against an existing trim piece in our kitchen that Amber said she liked. It's one of the few things that can stay in the kitchen, so we matched it. The color I concocted is the bottom one...looks pretty close to the existing panel!
There are 3 color samples on the trim piece in this photo. The one on the right is Red Chestnut (way too dark). The one in the middle is a mix 1:1 Red Chestnut:Golden Pecan (a little too red).
The one on the left is the one we are going with. It's a 2:3 mix of Red Chestnut:Golden Pecan.
So that means I have tons of stain. Can't get Red Chestnut in Colby, so I bought 4 quarts of it in Hays in case I needed it. Fortunately, I can get Golden Pecan here though.
This second picture shows the test piece up against an existing trim piece in our kitchen that Amber said she liked. It's one of the few things that can stay in the kitchen, so we matched it. The color I concocted is the bottom one...looks pretty close to the existing panel!
What have I gotten myself into!?
Wow, all the cabinets for the kitchen remodel look like a huge job!
Finishing the cabinets is the first step in the process. The cabinet faces and frames will all have to be sanded. Then stained. Then polyurethaned.
I originally thought I'd work all the cabinets together. Like sand them all, then stain them all, etc. But that is too much. There wouldn't be time to stain them all before the stain on the first one was dry. So, I'll just do a few at once I guess.
Anyway, first things first. Today I'm going to experiment with stain color on a piece of toekick. First try will be Minwax Red Chestnut with three topcoats of semi-gloss poly. On the cabinets I put in my office a couple years ago, I used Golden Pecan but had difficulty getting it dark enough on the veneered parts. So I'm trying a darker stain hoping I won't have to do a custom mix.
Will post pics when the stain samle is dry...
Finishing the cabinets is the first step in the process. The cabinet faces and frames will all have to be sanded. Then stained. Then polyurethaned.
I originally thought I'd work all the cabinets together. Like sand them all, then stain them all, etc. But that is too much. There wouldn't be time to stain them all before the stain on the first one was dry. So, I'll just do a few at once I guess.
Anyway, first things first. Today I'm going to experiment with stain color on a piece of toekick. First try will be Minwax Red Chestnut with three topcoats of semi-gloss poly. On the cabinets I put in my office a couple years ago, I used Golden Pecan but had difficulty getting it dark enough on the veneered parts. So I'm trying a darker stain hoping I won't have to do a custom mix.
Will post pics when the stain samle is dry...
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