I have just had a new set of maple cabinets delivered at my new
construciton site. The custon cabinet maker is awesome. The fit is
perfect, the construction flawless, the finish on the cabinets/faces is
perfect. The finish on the raised panel doors however, is a disaster.
The color is a dark cherry finish to match the pool table in the same
room. The doors appear to be many, many, many shades lighter,
particularly the raised panel in the center of each (22 of them) door.
Evidently there was some sort of problem with uptake of stain on the
doors, which were made by a subcontractor, and not by the cabinet maker
himself.
Is this related to some part of the fabrication process, perhaps too
much/not enough sanding, or some other correctable problem? Can/how can
these doors be fixed? Is there a solution short of replacing them? If
they are replaced, how can I be sure the new ones will not stain, or
more accurately not NOT stain, in a similar fashion?
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Robert Cibiras
The color can be fixed and or corrected on new doors.
Fact is, it isn't your problem it's between the cabinet maker and the sub
contractor.
There is nothing in the fabrication, construction, or, finishing process
that would make it impossible to coloring all the cabinets in a matching
tone.
There are a lot of things that will make a color/hue change between
different parts of a woodworking item but none of them are such that it
can't be "fixed" by the finisher so the overall effect is consistent color.
.
--
Mike G.
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"Robert A. Cibiras" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have just had a new set of maple cabinets delivered at my new
> construciton site. The custon cabinet maker is awesome. The fit is
> perfect, the construction flawless, the finish on the cabinets/faces is
> perfect. The finish on the raised panel doors however, is a disaster.
> The color is a dark cherry finish to match the pool table in the same
> room. The doors appear to be many, many, many shades lighter,
> particularly the raised panel in the center of each (22 of them) door.
> Evidently there was some sort of problem with uptake of stain on the
> doors, which were made by a subcontractor, and not by the cabinet maker
> himself.
>
> Is this related to some part of the fabrication process, perhaps too
> much/not enough sanding, or some other correctable problem? Can/how can
> these doors be fixed? Is there a solution short of replacing them? If
> they are replaced, how can I be sure the new ones will not stain, or
> more accurately not NOT stain, in a similar fashion?
>
> Any input will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robert Cibiras
>