Retique It Wood Finish Tabletop Kit – GO Beyond Faux Wood with Paintable Liquid Wood Based Primer and Gel Stain - Graining Tools Included (Tabletop Kit, Pickled Oak)

Good stuff! I want to do my kitchen cabinets but was hesitant. So I decided to dfo my 25 yr old microwave cabinet first. I mean, if it turned out terrible, no loss. It turned out very nice and I will be moving on to the cabinets now. It's easy but make sure your starting with a clean surface. If it's a very shiny surface I scuff sand first for better adhesion. I used (pecan) 3 coats wood paint, 1coat gel stain, 3 coats polyacrylic

Super easy to use & turned out better than expected. I used it over another faux finish on my countertops that I did about 7 years ago & it looks great! Highly recommend if you want wood countertops but don’t want to pay to replace your existing ones.

I do a lot of diy projects and this process was easy even if you’re a diy novice. The kit comes with an instruction card with QR code to watch a demo video so you’re fully prepared before starting. Follow the steps as outlined and you will be fine. The only thing i would add is that I had to recaulk because I scraped off the old gunk to have a clean surface to start my project. I caulked before adding my topcoat and would suggest doing it afterwards. Because I used a silicone based caulk (to protect against water, mold etc. especially around the faucet and sink) it doesn’t take the topcoat well. It beads up on top of the silicone, I simply just did not think about it before caulking. I would say caulk as your final step to be on the safe side. I used the pickled oak color, wanted to go for the butcher block look with my countertops. The stain has some gray undertones, I didn’t mind but something to consider for your overall look and finish. The stain and wood grain tool does add depth and gives the look and feel of real wood. My kitchen looks brand new for less than $200!

I used the Java kit to refinish my dining room table top. It was used over a chipped, painted Formica surface. I love the results and it was SUPER easy to use. The graining tool works great and if you’re not happy with the design it leaves, you can just restain that portion and go over it. (While it’s still wet) I have plenty of product left over and will be using it on a side table. I highly recommend this product! (The last photo is the “before” image)

Turned orange cabinets into a nice white oak. Once you get technique down it’s easy to do. The nice part of this is if you mess up you can go back over spot. If your using tools don’t wait to long, best to use when still wet, little pressure.

Some things sound too good to be true, and this is one of them. I really wanted to trust this product, but alas, it was not to be. I tried it on a door to cover a terrible faux-pas faux paint job done by the previous owners -the picture of the door as it shows dark brown. Hopefully the photos will come out in the order I added them to illustrate this journey.To find out the nature of the existing paint, I gave it the acetone test. The paint was water based as it had a residue with acetone and alcohol.Retique makes claims to cover laminate countertops, cabinets, metal, previously painted surfaces, I prepped the door like they said to in the video, scuff-sand it and clean it with alcohol, which I did. Then, I added 2 coats of the liquid wood. It looked decent so far, though it started to peel around the knob (closeup photo). I removed that, cleaned it, sanded, and painted on more and it seemed to stay after that, though it did concern me. I let it dry overnight.The next day was stain day - as I was running the wood raining tool down the door, the wood started coming off with it to reveal the paint underneath. I was able to easily pull it off with my fingernail.I had big plans for this and was going to use this on my cabinets and a table too, I am really glad I did not. I will have to do it the right way and strip whatever is there. If it cannot stick to this paint, I do not trust it to stick to anything else.I can't get my weekend back unfortunately, but at least I will be able to get my money back. Honestly, I wish I could charge the manufacturer for my door because it looks worse than it did before and I have a giant mess to clean up.

Let coats dry for 24 hours between recoating otherwise youll end up with sticky chairs like me, colour nice

I really like this product and was able to justify the 18.99 I paid for it because it looked so good after I refinished my cabinets, and it went much further than I anticipated for a small jar. I bought 2 other "colors" afterward for the same price and again, it looked so good. Easy on the nose too. I would like buy more, but the price has gone up now and no matter how good it looks, I just can't justify the cost. Such a shame.