I'm having custom cabinets build for my kitchen. Doing so is really stretch= ing my budget, so I'm hoping to take on finishing them myself. The guy buil= ding them is reluctantly ok with me doing so.
I realize finishing is definitely an art and I haven't done a whole lot of = it, nevertheless I believe I can achieve the look I'm going for.
What I'm trying for is a tan "whitewash" effect. I bought a small sample of= Cabots Custom Tint interior, but found it to be WAY too transparent. I ask= ed the guy at the Blue Big Orange Box store about adding additional pigment= to it to make it more opaque and he looked at me like I had two heads. I g= uess since something like that was not a code for the computer, he couldn't= fathom doing something like that, but I digress.
My new thought is to get latex paint in the color I'm looking for and thin = it way down with water so just a little of the grain show through. I believ= e this will give the right look. I would finish it off with a coat (or coat= s) of polyurethane. I assume I should use water based? Any other ideas on h= ow to get the look I'm going for?
I don't want a standard stained wood look since the rest of the house has w= ood floors, ceilings and walls. I want the kitchen to be something other th= an more wood.