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"Jim Jacobs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anybody out there know what oak is predominately used by manufacturers for
> Kitchen cabinets. I am going to build a wine rack and the cabinets are
> natural oak but I don't know whether it is red or white. I am guessing
> red, but not sure. Can anyone help?
>
> Jim
>
If in doubt use white. It will be easier to match when staining.
"Jim Jacobs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Anybody out there know what oak is predominately used by manufacturers for
> Kitchen cabinets. I am going to build a wine rack and the cabinets are
> natural oak but I don't know whether it is red or white. I am guessing
> red, but not sure. Can anyone help?
>
> Jim
>
In article <[email protected]>, "Jim Jacobs" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Anybody out there know what oak is predominately used by manufacturers for
>Kitchen cabinets. I am going to build a wine rack and the cabinets are
>natural oak but I don't know whether it is red or white. I am guessing red,
>but not sure. Can anyone help?
The overwhelming majority are red oak -- probably because it's less expensive.
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Jim Jacobs wrote:
> Anybody out there know what oak is predominately used by
> manufacturers for Kitchen cabinets. I am going to build a wine rack
> and the cabinets are natural oak but I don't know whether it is red
> or white. I am guessing red, but not sure. Can anyone help?
Red oak is more generally used. Not better, just more used.
If you can access an end of a piece of your cabinets you should be able to
tell...red oak is very porous, ends just suck up finish without sealing.
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