Buy a pre made glaze in a dark brown.
Antique glazed kitchen cabinets.
The antique white paneled kitchen cabinets and glass framed display cabinets in this antique style kitchen match well with the small sandstone tiled backsplash and larger random coursed sandstone floor tiles.
The kitchen island serves as centerpiece with its beige granite countertop and dark warm wood paneled plinth and base.
Our warm antique white enhanced a dark brown glaze along the contours of the door is great for any vintage or tuscan style kitchen.
Begin applying the glaze to the front or side of one cabinet in small circular motions until you ve covered the entire section.
The framed hawthorne maple antique white chocolate glaze cabinet has a five piece recessed center drawer front and 2 3 4 mitered solid maple stiles and rails with a recessed center panel door.
Some people will glaze over surfaces coated with a polyurethane but i would not recommend this due to the lack of adhesion and long term wear.
It can only be done on painted cabinets because stained cabinets will repel the glaze mixture and will therefore show no effect.
The cabinet is quite compact fairly narrow and not particularly large so will suit a home with limited space.
Glazing is step 4 in distressing and antiquing kitchen cabinets.
I provide a better alternative over polyurethane below.
Add a small amount of antiquing glaze to a smooth clean rag.
Glazing kitchen cabinets is also known as antiquing.
A small amount of glaze will go a very long way.
This is a charming little antique glazed cabinet which dates to the late 1800s.