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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: Greg Scholl <beatkat@adelphia.net> (67-22-200-210.albyny.adelphia.net)
In Response To: Re: Reproducing aged look on unfinished pine (James Schooley)
Date: 8/6/5 00:35
Hi Ray....find a stripper that uses a caustic soda bath and get some of the sludge from the bottom of the tank with some of the lye solution...the sludge contains many things, but mostly dissolved paints suspended in the lye solution, and as lye itself has uses in aging pine, this thick whitish/ambery, sludge with the depleted lye solution will add another component to getting that stripped pine look to surfaces..and by itself will dry to that "dry" whitish yellow/grayish color that these pieces often have. I keep it in a plastic jug...and it can help simulate that dry aged look you speak of. For the insides and backs of pieces, you can follow the dried lye solution with a thin mix of plaster,whiting, or for a greyer appearance mortar mix, in water, a solution like skim milk consistency...experiment on some scraps...there are also commercial "aging" products available. Jeff Jewitt also had a recent article in FineWoodworking about other chemicals you can use to simulate age...( I think it was Jeff...)
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