If you're looking for step-by-step instructions and high-resolution photos of the different wood type, head over to the blog: gadgetsandgrain.com/2019/08/02/how-to-oxidize-age-wood-in-a-matter-of-minutes/ Thanks for watching and keep all the great questions coming!
This is the closest to empirical research on the subject I've found on RUclips. Great job and thanks for investing so much of your time for our benefit :-)
Another tip (which is great for multi-tasking) is to clean your coffee maker with white vinegar and instead of discarding that hot vinegar down the drain, pour some into a jar with the steel wool to make the stain. While it isn't boiling, it's still nice and hot. And who cares if the water is a little dingy-looking from old coffee-it helps with the color! Just don't forget to finishing cleaning your coffee maker by running through a few pots of clean water! Otherwise your next pot of coffee will taste nasty!!
I know it's been 3 years since you posted this video and what to do with the wood squares is no longer an issue but in case you find yourself in a similar situation again something you can do with them is varnish them and use them as cup coasters.
I've watched many of these vinegar and steel wool videos. I did not wash my steel wool or boil my vinegar and my solution did not change one bit. My steel wool was older but not open. My vinegar was new. I will try washing my steel and heat my vinegar. I would enjoy any comments from others. Thanks for your test.
Love this vid! Just can’t get enough of chemistry in wood finishing / aging / antiquing…..been doing it for 50 years. Luckily, I’ve moved beyond my “poor newbie” stage and don’t have to use straight lye to strip oak anymore….man, that was all I had - So I used it WILDLY and lived to tell the tale. Great add to use tannins to add color, too! ❤️
Great video! I boiled the vinegar as suggested and then filtered the solution with coffee filters so that I could spray it on a new pine 6'x8' fence panel. The new fence panel immediately looked much closer to the rest of the old fence. BTW I used #3 (coarse) steel wool that I had on hand and it worked fine.
At 10 minute 30 seconds is an EXTREMELY important tip prior to mixing steel wool and vinegar. Years ago I mixed (before I found enough info on the reaction) I made the error of putting the mix in an old Glass wine bottle and closed the top TOO tightly. The resulting gas built up for several days. As I had stored it in the garage by my wife’s car it had remained out of hearing range. When I entered the garage several days later I found shattered green glass Everywhere. Embedded in the wood of workbench.... all over the floor...... dents on my wife’s car. Let’s just say that an Explosive device was unintentionally created. And the flying shards of shattered glass made great shrapnel. Thankfully no one was actually in the garage when it popped. Loosely SEALED ...... very important!!!!! Lesson learned the sorta hard way
I watched your video on aging wood today and it was just what I was looking for. I started messing around with it today and I'm impressed. Thank you for the knowledge Bro.
great video . . . less talking, more doing . . and reviewing so many of the variables (types of wood, stain options, finishes, etc) . . . fantastic job, thank you !
I liked the effect of the weathered wood accelerator and the apple cider vinegar steel wool combinations on maple wood the best. the marine varnish was a wonderful surprising finish as well!
This is a REALLY superior analysis how various woods respond to commercial stains and home-created stains. VERY thorough and professional. I am a grateful observer (soon to be USER). Thank you very much ..... edward / chicago
Put a steel wool in a vinegar this morning. Because of your detailed video I am going to boil some vinegar now. Can’t wait days because all your experiments makes me want to experiment now.
If you let the steel wool and vinegar mix sit longer you will get deeper tones. I let mine sit for 2 days and added black tea bags directly to the mixture. If I dilute it back I can achieve grey, if I leave it full strength I get a nice brown. This was on yellow pine sanded with 80 grit and left out in the sun to cure...Another option if you want to control the darkness is use a heat gun and lightly heat the stain until your desired color and then seal soon after.
Best tutorial on this subject I have seen. I have used the steel wool and white vinegar process in the past and loved that outcome. Thanks for this video.
This was EXTREMELY helpful!! Best presentation out there!! Showing all of the variations of stain types and protective coatings on each type of wood helped me see what treatment I would ultimately like to do to get the color and look I am going for with my wood type. Thank you, thank you!
What an amazing treasure trove of useful information! Thank you so much for going through all this work so we don’t have to. Your effort is very much appreciated!!
Loved your video, I am new to staining and this was very informative. Thank you, looks like a lot of work went into putting this together! Loved the music too!
Also the length of “steeping” of the steel wool as you say towards the end. I would definitely do longer than an hour but the boiling tip is great! Thanks
For the cold solution (unheated vinegar) you can completely dissolve the steel wool within a week or two which gives a much stronger stain. I've done this a few times to great success. Just plan ahead.
I make small antique looking art pieces using plywood and these techniques will be very useful. Thanks for doing all the research so I don't have to. Much appreciated. 🙂
Good Grief! This is a historic video -- can't thank you enough! A MUST-WATCH for anyone exploring how to finish the wood in their projects. So informative and well researched. People who share their knowledge like this are a benefit to us all, and I'm more than happy to support your efforts -- I subscribed, and I'll be using your links for any products I need to buy.
Yeah the obvious point of boiling the vinegar ( which i didn't think of before ) but is a great accelerant for the reaction so you don't have to wait days for it, also for the great tip about washing the steel wool to get the soap out beforehand which is obvious now i see that step but was going to throw it in unwashed ( and probably just get a gooey mess lol ) thanks for showing these stages in the finer detail that most other videos on home made stain seem to miss ....
Good, comprehensive video. Many other vinegar/steel wool doesn’t many the wood type, which is obviously the main point. I tried vinegar/steel wool on white pine, but didn’t get the desired GREY look, so after all just spent the money on the aged look accelerator. Thx Jerermy 👍
Top technique - works a treat. Wife wanted pine to look old and worn. I used the tea, wire wool & vinegar method. The vinegar and WW initially looked far too red and I thought I'd done a wrong-un, but then old tea diluted 50/50 with some clean water worked an absolute treat. But... a week on and the kitchen still smells of bloody vinegar. I'm sure it'll eventually fade?
Very very helpful! Perhaps you could make sort of a beaded curtain type decor piece with the wood. String pieces together with space in between, attach several such strings to a top piece of wood. Could be cool patio decor. Might also have a wind-chime effect? I'm not sure.
Thank you so, so much for all the work you did to make this video. You did an excellent job and didn't miss any details. All my questions were answered and I'm ready to get to work.
Nice work, great experiment and results with control groups and variables! Use those square blocks as tiles to make a collage coffee table, covered with epoxy!
Oh my goodness! I cannot believe how much work you did here. Wow. You happened not to use any cedar -- the wood used for the (bought, unfinished) garden bench I'd like to age, but I really learned a lot. Thank you so much.
Great video! I'm moving to pine for my guitar building as traditional wood like ash is getting hard to find in decent quality (expensive too). I'm also looking for a niche like aged wood, rather than the traditional pine finishes. Thanks for the video!
What a video! The time and effort you put into this had to be enormous. I would find someone who wants to glue them together and use them in a lathe project or even someone that makes wooden rings?
Thank you so much for doing this and for being so thorough!! I’ll be installing new ceiling soon and one option I’ve been considering is a shiplap style. I already knew about aging wood in this manner, but I love how you have it all laid out. I love having a good idea about what the result will be depending on the method and wood ❤️❤️❤️ I wonder how they would look with a whitewash over the top. Ive been considering a whitewash, but I don’t like how a thin coat still has a hint of the yellow wood underneath. I guess I get to start experimenting now 😊
Whow, thank’s a lot for this great video. It was just what I was looking for. Due to your detailed information my new DIY „old looking shabby chic/vintage“ toilett flor turned out fantastic. It does actually look like i have hade made it with wood from an old wheatered barn. Your video made me happy J
Thank you thank you thank you! I neither have the time or expenditure to do large experiments like this. I'm also tired of watching DIYers with no real taste produce crap that only looks good from real far away so they won't show you clear close-ups of the end product. Thank you
Very good demo. I hope I can get out sooner out of this quarantine so I can buy the needed chemicals. Thanks for the tutorial. I've watched the first version too.
Chop the blocks in half to save in size, mount them on a 4x8ply, for future reference if you have so many to deal with. Could turn it into an art piece, whilst serving a purpose.
wow i LOVE this, you are SO methodical! fantastic experiement, thank you!!! I think you should use your 500 wood pieces to publish this, it would be a great reference tool!
Thank you Jeremy I was wondering where I was going to get an aged barn type plank of wood and this worked wonderful. You’re awesome !liked and subscribed
Love how methodical you are. I learned a lot, and tnx for that. If I do a steel wool &vinegar stain, wipe off excess, and then a color stain [crimson, teal for example] would it come out a bit like the burning technique? Have you ever tried that kind of combo? I'd love to see that! Pls & tnx
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for showing the various types of wood! Hooooly Cow! What a "story board". That would be great piece of shop "artwork"! And thanks for answering why you boiled the vinegar. My questions are these: * Why on earth did you even bother washing the steel wool? Seems extremely unnecessary! Ha ha ha * What would be the difference with and without sanding after applying the stain/finish? Great comparisons!
Excellent info! I`m going to try your way and make one using green hunter pigment insted coffee or tee, the same pigment parents use to make Tie Dye shirts for the kids. Thank you for your time. You got yourself a new subscriber too.
You're brilliant. Thank you so much for this comprehensive breakdown. So freaking helpful. I need to create contrast on a staircase to match a vinyl floor product, and this is helping me so much.
This was a great presentation. I am in the process of making some Mash style directional signs and am using pallet wood which I am guessing is a hard wood. So I'll be trying many of you suggestions in order to get the results I am looking for. What did you end up doing with all of those samples you made? I was going to suggest making display board with labels of the steps you took to make them. No sense just tossing them into the wood stove after all of that work.
Brilliant comprehensive instructions. You have saved me hours of time and also saved me wasting a load of cash on woodstains that won't achieve the desired effect. Top job!
Fantastic, thank you so much for this. Brilliant. Your first version was too, but this one is so much more in-depth. Really nice work. I liked that Aged Wood Accelerator product, too! I've never seen one before, but it looks brilliant.
great information I am trying it as we speak. I do not think that was true Apple Cider Vinegar that you used though. Just Apple Cider flavored. Thanks for all the hard work.
Awesome video! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’m whitewashing a very rough hewn (what we believe to be hickory wood planks) at least that’s how google lens has identified these planks. In addition, the best hint is that the planks came right off our property, and since we have a lot of hickory, we’re assuming this is the wood species. I placed several left over pieces from the horse barn outside in the sun, and they developed a beautiful color, but unfortunately, I can’t remove my roof in order to sun bleach the planks in my living room, and with time, they’ve turned this ugly, almost dingy, rusty color... almost an orangey range, and I HATE IT!! We do want to preserve the rustic look this gives our living room however, so I need some guidance! So, here’s my question... I’m going to try to whitewash these planks, then sporadically add some pretty, almost navy blue streaks, as well as a tad bit of copper dry brushed here and there. I believe this will work out just beautifully, but of course I’m doing practice boards FIRST. I guess what I’d like to ask your advice and opinion on, is... have you tried this process, and how did it turn out? This video of yours I just watched,, is truly one of the best, most informative videos on this subject I’ve been able to find anywhere! My mother is gone now, but she was a master wood refinisher, painter, and I so wish I had paid a lot more attention to her techniques, while I lived at home. I mean, she even went so far, as to add authentic looking worm holes in some of her pieces. Everyone wanted my mom to refinish their prized family heirlooms, as she really was the master. I hope once I get more into this process, I’ll be able to channel all her awesome talents into my hands, and she’ll be near me to guide my work. Thank you again for this most informative, creative, helpful video. Here’s wishing you much business success with this labor of love!!👍👍👍❤️😊
If you're looking for step-by-step instructions and high-resolution photos of the different wood type, head over to the blog: gadgetsandgrain.com/2019/08/02/how-to-oxidize-age-wood-in-a-matter-of-minutes/ Thanks for watching and keep all the great questions coming!
And the reason you washed the steel wool with dish detergent?
This is the closest to empirical research on the subject I've found on RUclips. Great job and thanks for investing so much of your time for our benefit :-)
Another tip (which is great for multi-tasking) is to clean your coffee maker with white vinegar and instead of discarding that hot vinegar down the drain, pour some into a jar with the steel wool to make the stain. While it isn't boiling, it's still nice and hot. And who cares if the water is a little dingy-looking from old coffee-it helps with the color!
Just don't forget to finishing cleaning your coffee maker by running through a few pots of clean water! Otherwise your next pot of coffee will taste nasty!!
Great idea. TX
I know it's been 3 years since you posted this video and what to do with the wood squares is no longer an issue but in case you find yourself in a similar situation again something you can do with them is varnish them and use them as cup coasters.
I've watched many of these vinegar and steel wool videos. I did not wash my steel wool or boil my vinegar and my solution did not change one bit.
My steel wool was older but not open. My vinegar was new. I will try washing my steel and heat my vinegar. I would enjoy any comments from
others. Thanks for your test.
Love this vid! Just can’t get enough of chemistry in wood finishing / aging / antiquing…..been doing it for 50 years. Luckily, I’ve moved beyond my “poor newbie” stage and don’t have to use straight lye to strip oak anymore….man, that was all I had - So I used it WILDLY and lived to tell the tale. Great add to use tannins to add color, too! ❤️
Great video! I boiled the vinegar as suggested and then filtered the solution with coffee filters so that I could spray it on a new pine 6'x8' fence panel. The new fence panel immediately looked much closer to the rest of the old fence. BTW I used #3 (coarse) steel wool that I had on hand and it worked fine.
At 10 minute 30 seconds is an EXTREMELY important tip prior to mixing steel wool and vinegar. Years ago I mixed (before I found enough info on the reaction) I made the error of putting the mix in an old Glass wine bottle and closed the top TOO tightly. The resulting gas built up for several days. As I had stored it in the garage by my wife’s car it had remained out of hearing range. When I entered the garage several days later I found shattered green glass Everywhere. Embedded in the wood of workbench.... all over the floor...... dents on my wife’s car. Let’s just say that an Explosive device was unintentionally created. And the flying shards of shattered glass made great shrapnel. Thankfully no one was actually in the garage when it popped. Loosely SEALED ...... very important!!!!!
Lesson learned the sorta hard way
LOL! Sorry...I know it was traumatic, but thanks for the warning :D
Most epic stain test I’ve seen to date. Thank you so much for sharing all your hard work with us. You got yourself a new subscriber.
Hey man thanks for doing this. It took a lot of time and effort to make this video. This answered alot of questions.
+100 !! I'm planning a bookcase and cabinets, and they need to match some genuine antique pieces. You saved me a couple days of doing test boards!
I watched your video on aging wood today and it was just what I was looking for. I started messing around with it today and I'm impressed. Thank you for the knowledge Bro.
I'm very new to wood staining/painting and this has been the most informative video I've seen using some everyday products. Thank you!
great video . . . less talking, more doing . . and reviewing so many of the variables (types of wood, stain options, finishes, etc) . . . fantastic job, thank you !
The sharpie on the wood as an intro slide into the next segments 👌
I liked the effect of the weathered wood accelerator and the apple cider vinegar steel wool combinations on maple wood the best. the marine varnish was a wonderful surprising finish as well!
omg. Finally someone who understands variables
This is a REALLY superior analysis how various woods respond to commercial stains and home-created stains. VERY thorough and professional. I am a grateful observer (soon to be USER).
Thank you very much ..... edward / chicago
Put a steel wool in a vinegar this morning. Because of your detailed video I am going to boil some vinegar now. Can’t wait days because all your experiments makes me want to experiment now.
Let me know how it turns out!
If you let the steel wool and vinegar mix sit longer you will get deeper tones. I let mine sit for 2 days and added black tea bags directly to the mixture. If I dilute it back I can achieve grey, if I leave it full strength I get a nice brown. This was on yellow pine sanded with 80 grit and left out in the sun to cure...Another option if you want to control the darkness is use a heat gun and lightly heat the stain until your desired color and then seal soon after.
Nice tips. Thanks!
Best tutorial on this subject I have seen. I have used the steel wool and white vinegar process in the past and loved that outcome. Thanks for this video.
Glad it was helpful!
This was EXTREMELY helpful!! Best presentation out there!! Showing all of the variations of stain types and protective coatings on each type of wood helped me see what treatment I would ultimately like to do to get the color and look I am going for with my wood type. Thank you, thank you!
The ultimate wood aging guide! kudos for including metric measurements, as well :)
Nicely done Jeremy, this must have been a lot of work which saved a lot of time for all of us. Thank you.
What a very fantastic video!!! You can randomly glue all those squares onto a board with a frame around it use as a beautiful wall hanging. Thanks
What an amazing treasure trove of useful information! Thank you so much for going through all this work so we don’t have to. Your effort is very much appreciated!!
Loved your video, I am new to staining and this was very informative. Thank you, looks like a lot of work went into putting this together! Loved the music too!
Also the length of “steeping” of the steel wool as you say towards the end. I would definitely do longer than an hour but the boiling tip is great! Thanks
For the cold solution (unheated vinegar) you can completely dissolve the steel wool within a week or two which gives a much stronger stain. I've done this a few times to great success. Just plan ahead.
I make small antique looking art pieces using plywood and these techniques will be very useful. Thanks for doing all the research so I don't have to. Much appreciated. 🙂
Excellent video. RUclips recommended it to me after a search a few days ago, and I'm glad to have found it. Thank you.
This is honestly the best DIY video I have ever seen. Well done!
Good Grief! This is a historic video -- can't thank you enough! A MUST-WATCH for anyone exploring how to finish the wood in their projects. So informative and well researched. People who share their knowledge like this are a benefit to us all, and I'm more than happy to support your efforts -- I subscribed, and I'll be using your links for any products I need to buy.
Thank you buddy. Appreciate that.
I subscribed because of the thoroughness of the testing - very complete and informative. Thank you.
Best video on this subject thank you! I'm going to use the vinegar steel wool solution on a red oak desk that I am refinishing.
Thank you! The most comprehensive video I've seen on this subject. Kudos.
Thanks for a great video G&G. I use wood burning a lot in my own videos, but I will certanly apply the vinegar solution to my works also.
Yeah the obvious point of boiling the vinegar ( which i didn't think of before ) but is a great accelerant for the reaction so you don't have to wait days for it, also for the great tip about washing the steel wool to get the soap out beforehand which is obvious now i see that step but was going to throw it in unwashed ( and probably just get a gooey mess lol ) thanks for showing these stages in the finer detail that most other videos on home made stain seem to miss ....
Thanks for all your time and effort in making a really clear and informative video - great job - will save hours of trial and error.
thank u 🙏..makes our staining experiments easier now that we have all end results to choose on..much faster for newbie like me..
You are welcome 😊
Really well structured experiment, love it! Thanks for all the great work:)
One of the best videos I’ve seen on this topic. Very informative - thank you!
Good, comprehensive video. Many other vinegar/steel wool doesn’t many the wood type, which is obviously the main point. I tried vinegar/steel wool on white pine, but didn’t get the desired GREY look, so after all just spent the money on the aged look accelerator. Thx Jerermy 👍
This was by far the most informative video I’ve watched!! Thanks!!!
WOW! you spent an enormous amount of time on this video. Thanks!
I may never buy stain again! Outstanding video!
Top technique - works a treat. Wife wanted pine to look old and worn. I used the tea, wire wool & vinegar method. The vinegar and WW initially looked far too red and I thought I'd done a wrong-un, but then old tea diluted 50/50 with some clean water worked an absolute treat. But... a week on and the kitchen still smells of bloody vinegar. I'm sure it'll eventually fade?
Thanks for a thorough video on this steel/vinegar method. Maybe use the wood blocks as clay pigeons?
You mean wood pigeons? 😀
Stick all the squares together for a backdrop/wall art or make into bench top. Good work, thank you
this was awesome!, best presentation on this topic on all of youtube. would really love to see you add results for cedar wood plank as well please!
Very very helpful! Perhaps you could make sort of a beaded curtain type decor piece with the wood. String pieces together with space in between, attach several such strings to a top piece of wood. Could be cool patio decor. Might also have a wind-chime effect? I'm not sure.
You've been a huge help in deciding what our little yellow pine powder room vanity will look like. Many thanks! I know I can do this now.
Really appreciate your sincere and organized efforts, thank you
Thank you so, so much for all the work you did to make this video. You did an excellent job and didn't miss any details. All my questions were answered and I'm ready to get to work.
Nice work, great experiment and results with control groups and variables! Use those square blocks as tiles to make a collage coffee table, covered with epoxy!
Oh my goodness! I cannot believe how much work you did here. Wow. You happened not to use any cedar -- the wood used for the (bought, unfinished) garden bench I'd like to age, but I really learned a lot. Thank you so much.
Fantastic video thanks. i have an oak table dining table that I would like to try this on and give it a restoration hardware look. Thanks!
Cool! Shoot me some photos on the final project.
Great video! I'm moving to pine for my guitar building as traditional wood like ash is getting hard to find in decent quality (expensive too). I'm also looking for a niche like aged wood, rather than the traditional pine finishes. Thanks for the video!
Wow! That is so thorough. Great job and results. I wanted to try steel-wool-vinigar for a while and this is by far best video I've seen. Kuddos!
What a video! The time and effort you put into this had to be enormous. I would find someone who wants to glue them together and use them in a lathe project or even someone that makes wooden rings?
thank you so much for ALL that info :) we will be creating a barn wood beam for our kitchen and your awesome video shows so many choices!
Great presentation 👍 I'm glad I came across your site.
I have no idea what kind of wood this is that I’m working with 😅 kinda just gonna have to see what happens. This helped so much though. Thank you!
Thank you so much for doing this and for being so thorough!! I’ll be installing new ceiling soon and one option I’ve been considering is a shiplap style. I already knew about aging wood in this manner, but I love how you have it all laid out. I love having a good idea about what the result will be depending on the method and wood ❤️❤️❤️
I wonder how they would look with a whitewash over the top. Ive been considering a whitewash, but I don’t like how a thin coat still has a hint of the yellow wood underneath. I guess I get to start experimenting now 😊
hardwoods used at around 11:00; EXCELLENT comparisons and you saved me an amazing amount of trial and error. Mahalo from Hawaii:)
Appreciate the effort - make a piece of art w/ the blocks in a random pattern to hang.
Thanks for putting this video together, gave me some ideas of what I want to do.
Whow, thank’s a lot for this great video. It was just what I was looking for. Due to your detailed information my new DIY „old looking shabby chic/vintage“ toilett flor turned out fantastic. It does actually look like i have hade made it with wood from an old wheatered barn. Your video made me happy J
Thank you thank you thank you! I neither have the time or expenditure to do large experiments like this. I'm also tired of watching DIYers with no real taste produce crap that only looks good from real far away so they won't show you clear close-ups of the end product. Thank you
Very good demo. I hope I can get out sooner out of this quarantine so I can buy the needed chemicals. Thanks for the tutorial. I've watched the first version too.
This us THE vidéo I've been looking for for months !!! Thanks U for the time spent, it's gonna be si usefull !
This is the best video out there on this subject, great job!
Great video! Effort will pay off. You've got a new subscriber.
Wow! Very complete and scientific! Thank you
Chop the blocks in half to save in size, mount them on a 4x8ply, for future reference if you have so many to deal with. Could turn it into an art piece, whilst serving a purpose.
Best and most helpful video. Thank you so much for creating this.
wow i LOVE this, you are SO methodical! fantastic experiement, thank you!!!
I think you should use your 500 wood pieces to publish this, it would be a great reference tool!
Hands down best video regarding this topic. 💯
Thanks so much!
@@GadgetsandGrain Truly, this video is saving my project!
Thank you Jeremy I was wondering where I was going to get an aged barn type plank of wood and this worked wonderful. You’re awesome !liked and subscribed
Great Video !!! Cannot emphasize enough. Top Shelf
Love how methodical you are. I learned a lot, and tnx for that. If I do a steel wool &vinegar stain, wipe off excess, and then a color stain [crimson, teal for example] would it come out a bit like the burning technique? Have you ever tried that kind of combo? I'd love to see that! Pls & tnx
Superb video. Really great presentation. Thanks so much for sharing your experience and knowledge.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for showing the various types of wood! Hooooly Cow! What a "story board". That would be great piece of shop "artwork"! And thanks for answering why you boiled the vinegar. My questions are these: * Why on earth did you even bother washing the steel wool? Seems extremely unnecessary! Ha ha ha * What would be the difference with and without sanding after applying the stain/finish? Great comparisons!
Superb presentation. Very thoughtful. I liked the music.
GREAT info. Thnx for spending the time showcase this.
Excellent info! I`m going to try your way and make one using green hunter pigment insted coffee or tee, the same pigment parents use to make Tie Dye shirts for the kids. Thank you for your time. You got yourself a new subscriber too.
Wow. Appreciate all your effort to show us the amazing effects. My heart leans for Steel Wool & Vinegar everytime tho.lol
Awesome! Thx for testing on Doug Fir 🌲
You're brilliant. Thank you so much for this comprehensive breakdown. So freaking helpful. I need to create contrast on a staircase to match a vinyl floor product, and this is helping me so much.
Wow, that was really informative and easy to follow. Thank you for making it easier to understand the process.
This was a great presentation. I am in the process of making some Mash style directional signs and am using pallet wood which I am guessing is a hard wood. So I'll be trying many of you suggestions in order to get the results I am looking for. What did you end up doing with all of those samples you made? I was going to suggest making display board with labels of the steps you took to make them. No sense just tossing them into the wood stove after all of that work.
Brilliant comprehensive instructions. You have saved me hours of time and also saved me wasting a load of cash on woodstains that won't achieve the desired effect. Top job!
Perfect timing for this one!! trying to figure how what to do with a framing lumber *doug fir* top made from some crappy HD studs.
Thank you so much for all this work. Best video on the subject I found
Fantastic, thank you so much for this. Brilliant. Your first version was too, but this one is so much more in-depth. Really nice work. I liked that Aged Wood Accelerator product, too! I've never seen one before, but it looks brilliant.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Josh. Really appreciate that.
great information I am trying it as we speak. I do not think that was true Apple Cider Vinegar that you used though. Just Apple Cider flavored. Thanks for all the hard work.
Wow. Thank you for the incredible detail
Wow, this is so informative! You took so much time to plan out and execute this video, instantly subscribed!
Thank youuu😊
Awesome video! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’m whitewashing a very rough hewn (what we believe to be hickory wood planks) at least that’s how google lens has identified these planks.
In addition, the best hint is that the planks came right off our property, and since we have a lot of hickory, we’re assuming this is the wood species.
I placed several left over pieces from the horse barn outside in the sun, and they developed a beautiful color, but unfortunately, I can’t remove my roof in order to sun bleach the planks in my living room, and with time, they’ve turned this ugly, almost dingy, rusty color... almost an orangey range, and I HATE IT!! We do want to preserve the rustic look this gives our living room however, so I need some guidance!
So, here’s my question... I’m going to try to whitewash these planks, then sporadically add some pretty, almost navy blue streaks, as well as a tad bit of copper dry brushed here and there.
I believe this will work out just beautifully, but of course I’m doing practice boards FIRST. I guess what I’d like to ask your advice and opinion on, is... have you tried this process, and how did it turn out? This video of yours I just watched,, is truly one of the best, most informative videos on this subject I’ve been able to find anywhere! My mother is gone now, but she was a master wood refinisher, painter, and I so wish I had paid a lot more attention to her techniques, while I lived at home. I mean, she even went so far, as to add authentic looking worm holes in some of her pieces. Everyone wanted my mom to refinish their prized family heirlooms, as she really was the master. I hope once I get more into this process, I’ll be able to channel all her awesome talents into my hands, and she’ll be near me to guide my work. Thank you again for this most informative, creative, helpful video. Here’s wishing you much business success with this labor of love!!👍👍👍❤️😊
Awesome experiments! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks. I imagine you could dilute the wool/vinegar to desired lightness with more vinegar? 🤔
Interesting idea. I wonder if the diluting liquid (if it’s not vinegar) would interact with the solution. What are you thinking?