Subject: Making Pine Look Old

From: [email-masked] (Tucker21)
Date: 29 Mar 1997 19:52:36 GMT

I am into shaker and colonial furnature and keep trying to get the
"real" old look of pine from new wood.  I have tried different stains and
even barn siding (this comes the closest until you plane it) and I would
love any ideas.

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From: [email-masked] (Speeben-p+t-e-b+v=)
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 18:36:46 -0400

In article <[email-masked]>,
[email-masked] (Tucker21) wrote:
This might sound silly but, mix up some mud, yes, dirt you find in the
backyard into a mud and rub it in, let it dry, stiff nylon brush it off,
and do it again and again untill you can get it to the right degree of
patina that you might be looking for. be careful about the amount of water
you use remember you are just making mud, not a stain.
you might also look for some milk paints they are available usally in
small ads in the back of wood working zines.
€  I am into shaker and colonial furnature and keep trying to get the
€"real" old look of pine from new wood.  I have tried different stains and
€even barn siding (this comes the closest until you plane it) and I would
€love any ideas.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 07:14:07 GMT

Try Nitric Acid (20%) brushed on, then heated with a heat-gun.
Experiment on scraps first, of course. Jeff Jewitt shows how to do
this in a video called Hand-Applied Finishes: Coloring Wood 
(the Taunton Press, Newtown Ct.)

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From: [email-masked] (JaneAustin)
Date: 30 Mar 1997 13:26:27 GMT

Nitric acid is VERY nasty stuff. If you get it on you, it will turn your
screen brown as it nitrifies one of the amino acids in your skin proteins
(forget which one).

I would only use in in a commercial hood with a glass front or outdoors
watching which way the wind was blowing and use full face and arm
protection.

Be careful of this stuff folks.

Jane

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From: [email-masked] (Dennis J. Gooding)
Date: 31 Mar 1997 00:57:33 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] says...
>>even barn siding (this comes the closest until you plane it) and I would

     I have had good success with heat alone.  Use a propane torch with a 
fan-like flame spreader (designed to soften paint for removal).  Keep the 
flame moving constantly, because the wood will char instantly if you stop, 
and will require a lot of sanding to recover.  Generally, several passes will 
be required to get a uniform result.  Resist the temptation to  direct the 
torch at any remaining white spots to color them; they will almost certainly 
char before you can react.  Keep the flame moving through them.  I have tried 
this with a small electric heat gun but find it very slow going.  Perhaps an 
industrial capacity heat gun would work.  Nitric acid is incredibly ugly 
stuff and makes hideous burns.  Dennis

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From: [email-masked] (Verne H. Bohlender)
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 21:50:44 GMT

I've never tried this but have heard that if you leave it out in the
sun and weather for while you'd quickly get this effect.  Don't quote
me now.

>even barn siding (this comes the closest until you plane it) and I would

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