DIY Wood Grain Filler - Painting Oak or Hickory Cabinets
adam carpenter • April 25, 2022
Make your own affordable wood grain filler!
Are you looking to paint those oak or hickory kitchen cabinets but not sure of what to use to fill in the grain to get a glossy finish? There are several products out there that work great and some that do not work great. But most of them have one thing in common and that is they are expensive!
We are going to be teaching you how to make your own DIY wood grain filler that works amazing, is affordable, and uses something that can easily be worked with and made!
What you will need:
The first step in making the DIY Wood grain filler is to take about a cup of drywall mud and put it in your mixing bucket, then add a little bit of water and mix it with the drywall mud untill it becomes the consistency of yogurt.
You will want to make sure that you sanded and prepped the doors so that the drywall mixture, primer, and paint will adhere to the doors.
Apply the mixture with a paint brush or putty knife and cover the whole door being sure to brush it into all of the grain. Be sure to brush the edges and get rid of extra buildup to make your sanding job easier when removing excess drywall mud.
Once you have applied the mixture and it has dried into the powder form, you can now take a 220 grit sanding sponge and remove any of the excess mixture and be sure to get it out of al of the nooks and crannies. A shop vac with a brush attachment is a good tool for this and helps brush the corners and gracks to loosen up the dust.
After the doors are completely sanded and dusted off be sure to inspect them to make sure all of the grain or imperfections were filled in. After you have made sure that they are you can now prime the doors. It is best to keep the first coat a bit light and then when you sand in between coats it keeps it smoother and the primer will turn to a fine dust to make each additional coat better.
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