[Ron Ramirez]

In all, I would say this was a very productive day on the cabinet refinishing jobs.

I gave the 42-22CL another coat of Constantine grain fill. Here's how it looks now:

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Notice how the really bad scratches that were on the right side of the cabinet front are barely visible now. Using a wet rag and a hot iron (thanks for the tip, Arran), I was able to steam out the worst of the scratches.

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I also sanded down the 38-2670 cabinet, spray sealed it, and let it bake in the sun most of the afternoon. I then set it in the shade to cool off. Afterwards, I started filling grain on it.

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I only managed to get one coat on the top and front. I still have to give both sides the first coat of grain filler.

Tomorrow, my plans are to lightly sand, reseal and then tone the 42-22CL cabinet. I also hope to get the 610T masked off to shoot some Extra Dark Walnut toner on its lower trim pieces. And, depending on the weather, perhaps I will get some more grain filler applied to the 38-2670.

I now feel pretty confident in my grain filling technique (finally!). For me, it takes fresh Constantine grain fill, applied as I have shown and described in a previous post, removing excess with a plastic scraper, then rubbing the remaining excess into the grain with burlap. And now that I've found my groove, so to speak, I'll just keep filling grain in this fashion on the remainder of the cabinets I want to do this summer, plus any cabinets I refinish in the future.