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Q:My pickled maple kitchen cabinets are about 30 years old, and the doors are badly in need of refinishing. What is the best approach A: Whether you call it pickling, whitewashing or staining wood ...

Pickling (sometimes called "liming") is a finishing technique that lightens dark wood or older wood that has darkened naturally over time. Essentially a pickled finish is a white stain applied to the ...