Aqua Coat: The Best White Cabinet Wood Grain Filler for a Professional Finish

Beata Jankowska: Needed 5 thin coats but covered about 95%

United States on Sep 24, 2023

Amazon Customer: Worked great

Canada on Sep 24, 2023

Clint: This product worked like magic on my OAK Cabinets.
Can't even tell they ever had grain at all! Here is what I did:
Sanded with 180 grit using a DA.
Wiped down...then used a plastic applicator to press into the grain.
Next, I used my fingers...yes fingers...and lightly smeared smoothly over everything....
Then...I did it again. A light sand with 220 after everything was dry and it was perfection!
Thank you Aqua Coat for this amazing product, I highly recommend!

United States on Sep 01, 2023

maureen horrigan: I looked at a half a dozen tutorials before using this, and that was important and helpful. I ended up doing three coats on Golden oak kitchen cabinets that had a lot of “character.”. I used the glove and credit card technique in the end, which worked better than small rubber caulking scrapers. When I do it again for my bathroom cabinets, I will apply less than the official video (wasted a lot of product before scraping excess off each time into the bucket) and not scrape off as much on the second and third coats. Probably pulled out too much -,when the white lacquer revealed some of those mistakes, I could see how leaving a little more on the surface would be helpful and working more into the ridges in corners would have been better. It also works much better when I moved inside. Where are the temperatures were a little more consistent. A hot summer is not the time to do this in the garage.

United States on Aug 18, 2023

customer in Alberta: To seal the wood grains on Oak cupboard. Made a smooth finish although the wood grain showed through even after 3 coats.

Canada on Jul 09, 2023

Amazon Customer: Try something else. This stuff does dry pretty hard but that's also the problem because it takes about 3-4 coats to completely fill the grain and you'll be sanding for days. Wouldn't be bad for something small.

Canada on May 31, 2023

Terry Sun: contrary to its advertisement, it shrinks a lot. You need to apply at least 3 coats to gain a countertop result

Canada on Mar 10, 2023

Sandeep: Worked perfectly.

Canada on Nov 01, 2022

VanessaVanessa: I had those dated oak cabinets with black granite. My kitchen felt dark. Rather than spend $50k for new cabinets, I elected to spend only $500 for paint and new hardware. I had one problem: the oak grain.

After watching numerous YouTube videos on filling the grain, I stumbled upon a Paint channel where the only thing used is AquaCoat. I decided it looked simple enough and fast drying enough to risk.

I AM GLAD I DID! I followed the directions exactly. I had already degreased and prep-sanded my doors when this arrived. The first coat went on smooth. I used an old credit card and wore latex gloves. It does get sticky. I lightly sanded when it was dry- maybe only 40 minutes after application. Added second coat. I felt the second coat wouldn’t give me the results I wanted. I went ahead with a third coat on just my uppers. Go against the grain when filling, imo, for best results.

I did my final 340 grit sand very lightly. Then I applied BIN Shellac primer. You’ll need that. Don’t stick with just a water based non-sealer because you’ll end up with orange streaks down the road. Without turning this into a cabinet painting how-to, I finished my project. In...

United States on Feb 08, 2021

RyanRyan: Initially, I made the mistake of ordering their clear gel version of this product, and attempting to put it on top of a coat of BIN primer. It instantly yellowed and cracked. Avoid the clear gel unless your topcoat will also be clear; it uses a different chemical formulation and isn't as effective as the white product.

If you are painting old oak cabinets white, this is the grain filler to use. See my picture for a result of what my cabinets look like after three very fine coats. Here is my advice to getting a perfect result:

1. Apply using a spreader--Amazon recommended the Dynatron 358 Spreader 3-pack from 3M and they are fantastic and absolutely essential for proper application. The flexibility of the spreader and fine edge makes it easy to "push" the grain filler into the recesses of the grain, and using the long spreader it is very easy to scrape off the excess leaving a perfectly flat finish.

2. Apply VERY THIN COATS. You're only trying to fill the voids, nothing more. Aqua Coat recommends three coats and I've also found that three coats seem to result in an almost perfectly flat surface. No, it's not as flat as MDF, but that's why you're still going to...

United States on Sep 19, 2019