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GF gel stained cabinets against wall to dry?

Bluejay22
9 years ago

Hi all - I've ordered GF Java Gel Stain and am waiting for it to arrive in the mail. In the meantime, I've read a bunch of blogs/posts about how to apply it to kitchen cabinets. I've learned that it's best to allow 12-24 hours dry time between coats and 5 days or so for the last coat before applying topcoat.

My question is, is it okay to prop the cabinet doors against a wall and touching the ground during the last coat's dry time, or will the parts that touch the ground/wall get messed up? I want to do both sides at once (using painter's pyramids), and I don't have enough of them to do all my cabinets at once. I also don't have enough table/floor space in my house to lay them all out at once.

A lot of people seem to be able to do their kitchen all in a couple weekends, but if I let my cabinets dry for a week and do them in batches, it will be several months before I'm done (I've broken up my kitchen into about 6-7 sections that I will do at a time.)

Thanks for any advice!

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