Cherry Kitchen Cabinet Doors

beautiful to look at and the color for cherry runs the gammut. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Yes if you are trying to match the originals. Good luck. Depending on the patina of the originals it might be hard to match.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I am sure it’s going to be hard to match, I think the originals are close to 20 years old.

I think I might have benn having a psycotic episode when I took this job on

-- Bob, Rockford IL, http://www.woodandwax.net

Bob, I was thinking that you must have either known something nobody else does, or you hit your head. The woodworking is impeccable though. Nice doors. I like to make raised panel doors.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Matching “old” cherry is very hard, mainly because it will not stay matched. Any staining/dying that you do to make it work now will not age the same way.

I cant help with matching stains but if you do as well as the first part of this project it will be perfect.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Cherry will go from white to deep red in 3 months…so much for a stain match. I’m hoping the original doors are natural…then you can let time fix the problem.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

The doors look good – you might try getting in touch with Charles Neil- he’s an outstanding finish man.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Nice doors, I love the look of cherry in almost any project. raise panels are rich looking as well

-- Marty Ohio

Great job on the doors.

-- Maplewood, MN

Hi Bob,

Nice looking doors. It looks like the same profiles I used when I made mine.

I finished mine natural, so I’m not much help in matching stain, but I can recommend a good line of staining products. Mohawk has a line of finishes in lacquer and poly based carriers, and in aerosol cans. They are targeted at furniture restorers. They also have a Technical consulting service. They may be able to offer you help. I used their pre-catalyzed lacquers on my cabinets and it was about as idiot proof as can be. I can’t recommend them enough.

http://www.mohawk-finishing.com/default.asp

Good luck.

Cheers
Mike