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Title: Please Advise - Touch Up for Cherry Cabinets
Post by: Kitty on May 10, 2021, 10:45:05 pm
Anyone have any advice to offer on touching up the cherry cabinets, ours is a 2018, just a couple little dings and scratches.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Please Advise - Touch Up for Cherry Cabinets
Post by: Joan on May 11, 2021, 10:06:29 am
Unless the cabinetry in LDs has changed in recent years, only the cabinet trim and drawer fronts are wood; the rest is vinyl-laminated hardboard/luan. The wood areas can be re-stained/re-finished, and if a scratch or ding goes through the vinyl to the luan underneath, the appearance can probably be improved by a stain touch up, but fading or discoloration or whatnot on the vinyl itself is a "cover it up or live with it" thing, IMO.

I've used Minwax stains (and low gloss polyurethane top coat) to refinish some areas of cabinet trim; here's a color chart.

Wood Stain Colors - Minwax Stain Colors & Wood Finish Guide | Minwax (https://www.minwax.com/wood-products/stains-color-guide/)

A tip: Follow the directions to use the stain and polyurethane, i.e., "stirred, not shaken"!
Title: Re: Please Advise - Touch Up for Cherry Cabinets
Post by: bsbets on May 11, 2021, 11:14:38 am
If you just have a few little dings and scratches, you can purchase a minwax stain pen.
This makes it easy to touch up small dings and scratches.
Just need to make sure that the stain is a good match to the cabinet color.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Minwax-Wood-Finish-Cherry-Stain-Marker/1000397553
Minwax 63486000 Wood Finish Stain Marker, Cherry - Household Wood Stains -... (https://www.amazon.com/Minwax-63486000-Finish-Marker-Cherry/dp/B001DBRPLC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stain+pen+minwax+cherry&qid=1620745779&sr=8-1)