Knotty Alder kitchen cabinets painted white -- help me improve them!
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Hi Susan! Can you please post a photo? I think that will help us generate some ideas.
I agree pictures will help, but my gut tells me you should be thinking
of sanding down to smooth rather than building up. Personally, I would ask the builder to replace with natural wood or another product or do a fix.
I would strip them and bring out the natural beauty of the wood with just a nice glaze on them.
Just a day ago I pinned several posts about this on PINTEREST. Search for "How to remove wood grain.." They use a special product by Behlen called Water Base Grain
Filler. The pictures look fantastic.
You could glue luan (door skins) to the cabinets and then paint.
Wow, thanks Sharon. I looked into it and the pattern on the doors would make this a very, very complicated solution and would not solve the knot holes in the grooves and trim. I appreciate the potential solution though. Susan