Hello Bob I am a Shellac junkie when it come to finishing , a 1 cut base coat of shellac is a Great way to blend the different woods. Alcohol dyes are Awesome and easy to use,to bring out the grain and make it realy POP out ! , but if you want to blend different woods into one uniformed looking piece, Shellac and pigment stains are the safest way to do that. For antiquing or making a project look old, I've even used spray paint and pigment stains together to make a fake piñata and or hid mistakes like woodfiller that is slightly off color form the original wood. I've used a lot of different tricks over the years, some with good results, and others that did not work so well. but on the good side, I now know what dose not work as well as what has worked well for me over the years. As a matter of Fact I just picked up a ageing wood raspy that sounds like it should workout well, (but I've not tried it yet.)
6 black tea bags.in 3 cups of water,Boil down to 1/2 cup then add 1/2 cup of Apple cider vinegar. 1 cups of White Vinegar, 1 fine steel-wool pad, WAIT 48 hours before using. Bob if you have any neat tricks on finishing, Please let me know what they are. C.A.G. ----- Original Message ----- From: BOB To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 4:26 PM Subject: finishing this is an off topic so I'm asking before going into it much. I have been doing balusters and some look bad after finishing with the different grain directions and wood tones after watching an episode of rough cut where he made a secretary a toner was used to help make the different pieces of wood look like one. I think that the artist paints with japan drier would be better than the alcohol dyes only because of the shellac over coat, anyway the topic could be long so I was wondering how much interest there was before starting Bob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
