Your favorite place in the home is now beginning to show the ravages of age and your kitchen cupboards, the most obvious part of the kitchen, sport a patina of dust and grime making them look shabby and tacky. The best way to restore good looks to your kitchen is to do something with your cupboards.

A possible answer is to refinish or reface your cabinets. Both processes essentially involve removing the existing finish and applying another one.

This works especially well if your kitchen and furniture have a period or an antique look. Glaze can be added to virtually any surface, whether it's been painted or stained or varnished. It may also be used to highlight embellishment or details of fine craftsmanship.

Glaze can be added to almost any surface, whether it has been painted or stained or polished. It can also be used to highlight embellishment or details of fine handiwork. You prepare by cleaning the surface with a top quality liquid cleaner, unless it has been freshly painted in expectation of glazing. Take off the cupboard doors and all of the metal fittings like hinges.

On painted surfaces the appropriate glaze is acrylic water-based glaze with paint or a coloring agent. Bear in mind the glaze is applied when it is milk colored and will become clearer when it dries. It will also darken slightly. If you screw up here, use a material and hot water to get rid of the glaze before it dries.

While glazing remember that you aren't looking for completely uniformity, and that slightly uneven coloring will simulate natural aging better than a perfectly uniform coat.

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