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New maple and old maple cabinets don't match

hace 9 años
We had a cabinet shop build 2 new cabinets to add to our kitchen. Our contract reads "match cabinet color to existing". Well, they clear coated maple and they are totally different than our existing cabinets. Builder believes we should just wait for wood to naturally darken, we believe that will take years and we would never of ordered if we'd known he wasn't going to stain to match. What's the solution?
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  • hace 9 años
    You have a contract and it is clear. By the time that wood ages the original will have continued to age. If it was finished in a poly I doubt much aging will happen unless it is exposed to massive amounts of light.

    Make 'em do it correctly.

    Comentarios (7)

    • hace 9 años
      Staining to match exactly is very hard, but as lucidos very correctly said, "You have a contract and it is clear"....builder did not deliver up to contract. Congrats to you in getting a written contract
    • hace 9 años
      Thanks Curt... As a caveat - no, you will not get the stain to match 100% there are to many factors working against 100% but it should be within a very close tolerance.
    • PRO
      hace 9 años
      Any time that we tell a customer that we will be matching paints or stain, we always provide a sample! It is unfortunate for you as the customer that your cabinet maker did not do the same. I would have them make a sample for you to approve. Then, take the cabinets back to their shop, sand them down, and apply that same stain.

      Good luck with cabinets!
    • PRO
      hace 9 años
      Everyone here is correct. The contract says "stain to match" then a sample should have been stained, you would have approved the stain/finish and then the "real thing" would have been done up to the colour specifications you had approved.

      That being said, a photosensitive wood like maple is a BEAR to try to match. Several things could be at play with maple: 1) It "yellows" all by itself in "light"...2) Solvent based finishes will "amber" all by themselves if you let them.

      You may have cabinets that are both "sun darkened" because they are maple AND they could be "chemically darkened" because they are finished in a solvent. Trying to play "catch-up" with these two forms of "darkening" is very, very, very tricky....especially if you do NOT use the same finish. A "clear coat" is normally a "non-yellowing" format..which means the maple will yellow but the finish will NOT amber like the old finish...which means you could still have two different colours after 15 years.

      Get them refinished because they may never "catch up" with the "clear coat".
    • PRO
      hace 9 años
      Cancork is exactly right on all his points. If you make your new cabinet match the old exactly now, in a few years the new ones will be darker than the old ones. To get them all the same and stay the same, all will have to be refinished at the same time.
    • hace 9 años
      Sounds like when we asked if new cabinets could match old ones it should of led to a much longer discussion. Thanks for opinions, everyone. Ready to negotiate from a more knowledgeable base now.
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