INSTRUCTOR GUIDE for 3CABINET FINISHES

INSTRUCTOR
GUIDE for
3CABINET
FINISHES
These 3 Cabinet Finishes Are Easy
And Inexpensive
1 COLOUR
1 COLOUR + GLAZE
2-COLOUR DISTRESSED
Supplies Checklist
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General Tips
• Sourcing small cabinet doors for workshops is
the first step. To keep per student materials
costs down, look for places like the Habitat
ReStore, where you can buy doors for $1.
Surplus building materials suppliers, who carry
finished and unfinished doors are reasonable
Fusion Mineral Paint
Cabinet doors
Fusion brushes, flat brushes
Fusion Antiquing Antiquing Glaze
Fusion Beeswax Finish
Fusion Clear Tough Coat
Lint-free rags, 220-grit sandpaper
Pretty, coordinating knobs
PLAN AHEAD
• Promote your workshops on your website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
at local markets, church, and through emails
• Do you have plenty of products to sell, especially the ones you use in
the class?
• To demonstrate proper cleaning and prep,
• Do you have your workshop calendar handy to sign folks up for more?
leave the doors in the condition you find them
• Have you practiced the workshop steps and made several great samples
in, and have the students go through the steps
for demonstrations and to show the class?
• Remember that all of the prep and finishing
• Are you prepared for questions?
techniques here are applicable to painting
• Don’t forget to use social media during the class! Post photos on Facebook
furniture and accessories as well
and Instagram
What To Charge? Full Deposit?
Add up your actual cost of materials used in the workshop. Are you serving
drinks, snacks or lunch? Do you pay an employee to teach? Research what
similar workshops cost in your area but resist the urge to be the cheap workshop provider. Classes are great sources of income and students will drive
a long way to attend. Your website should have enticing descriptions and
photos.
Full payment upon registration assures that students are serious about attending. At the very least, a substantial deposit is recommended. If someone
can’t attend, allow them to reschedule to another class within a period of
time, like 2 months.
Prep Tips
JUST PAINT + A TOPCOAT
• Resist the urge to jump in without prepping the surface!
• When painting over old, finished doors,
clean with a degreaser like Simple Green,
and rinse with clear water. Let dry. Sand
lightly with 220-grit paper to scuff the
surface. Wipe off well.
• When painting on raw wood, sand
lightly with 220-grit paper, wipe. After the
first, and maybe the second coat of paint,
the grain will be raised if the wood is soft.
Sand as needed and wipe.
When To Use
Colour Blocker
Fusion Colour Blocker is the perfect primer
when the original surface colour is quite
different than the final paint colour. For
example, covering red paint with off-white.
How To Tell If The
Surface Is Oil or
Water-Based Paint:
Brush on two coats of your favorite colour. We used Fork York Red here. (A few Fusion colours
may require a third coat.) Let dry between coats. Sand lightly if needed. In non-traffic areas,
you may opt not to use a topcoat. OR wipe on a coat of Beeswax Finish, then buff with a
clean, soft cloth. Add a knob to complement the look.
ONE COLOUR WITH A SIMPLE ANTIQUING GLAZE
A favorite kitchen cabinet finish is what we call “vanilla and chocolate.” Paint 2 coats of
Champlain (or any soft neutral Fusion colour). Let dry. Using a small, stiff, flat brush, paint
some antiquing glaze in the panel detail and on the edges. Use a soft, dry cloth to wipe off
excess glaze. Let dry. Finish with your choice of Clear Beeswax Finish, or Clear Tough Coat
sealer.
EASY 2-COLOUR DISTRESSED
Before painting on top of previously-painted
cabinets and furniture, it’s important to find out
what type of paint and topcoats were used. For
example, painting over wax or oil-based paint
with Fusion Mineral Paint, which is water-based,
will result in peeling and chipping finishes.
To find out use these tricks. (If the surface is dark,
use a light cloth and if the surface is light, just use
a dark cloth, so you can see if paint comes off.)
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• Wipe vigorously with mineral spirits. If colour
comes off, the paint or topcoat is oil-based. Use
a coat of oil-based primer before painting with
Fusion Mineral Paint.
Select two coordinating Fusion colours. (We used Aubusson for the basecoat and Upper Canada for the top colour.) Paint on one color for the basecoat. Let dry. Use a wide, flat brush to
drybrush the top colour, skipping areas to let the basecoat colour show through.
DISTRESSING OPTIONS:
• After painting the basecoat colour, rub the Beeswax block on areas you want to “resist” the
second coat of paint.
• After painting on the second colour, wipe a damp cloth over raised areas to reveal the
basecoat colour.
• Use denatured alcohol and wipe vigorously. If
color comes off on the rag, that means the paint • After painting the second colour, sand lightly to reveal the basecoat colour.
is water-based.