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Hello all;

We've just installed an entire wall of kitchen cabinets in knotty pine
(couldn't find any other type of pine, and hardwood prices are out of
this world).

When you look at it from the corner of your eye, it feels like the wall
is covered with a giant leopard skin. NOT the look we were after.

Is there a way to mask SOME of the knots before we varnish the whole
thing in natural or honey-pine finish?

Thanks.

LD

Here is a suggestion! One that goes to your question, does not involve
starting over, cutting out the knots, nots or gnots or painting.

You could wash a glaze or a thinned out paint over them. This look is in
right now. The kilz thinned may actually do it. You could even tint it a
bit. Wash down the cabinets with the glaze, waterd down paint or thinned
kilz. Not too much or you will mask the wood grain. Remember, you can
easily add more glaze, removing will be a bitch. Try some scraps first
to find what you like. Once done varnish over the glaze and you are done.

Here is a link to a company that puts different finishes on knotty pine
cabinets. They use glaze or stain or both with probably a lacquer top
coat. http://www.maplecraftusa.com/HTML2005/STAINpine.html

The one in the link above I was thinking about before I found the link
is what they called finish natural, glaze white.

good luck and post some before and after pictures on a website.

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