Lost for words. You are a true artist. Your work should be respected by those who look for artists to create backgrounds for movies, t.v etc. I have been painting all of my adult life. In old age comes wisdom and experience. Knowledge as well. Education, trial and error, and lots of mistakes are what makes a great painter and artistica painter. You are beyond good
@@rusticduckfurniture4744 Follow your dream. You have a creative eye, are good with blending colors and have decorative painting skills beyond those who do it for a living. You would also be good at teaching. What you do can't be learned by watching. It is a hands on thing. Best of luck. My words are sincere.
thanks for posting. This was about the sixth video I watched, and this was the first to get it right and actually explain the process... and without unnecessary dialogue.
Brilliant! Ive watched at least 10 vids in the last couple days. Ive followed other tutorials but I always run into a detail that was not explained in that video and then ultimately end up not pleased with the results. The timing of using the white wash and the drying effect it has on the wet stain is a great detail to know. This is the simplest and easiest to follow so far. There are so many subtle details that never get explained like the types of brushes or time in between coats...waiting to dry or not. Everything was explained and addressed! The look is perfect! Subscribed!!
Great video, TY! I'm using your method for my 60 year old plywood sub floor! First, I used my diamond-bladed angle grinder to score in some wide plank seams. I'm already started, just came back to watch your video again to make sure I didn't forget any of your tricks. Thanks again!
Being a beginning woodworker, this has been my go-to video on a rustic or weathered look for a few months now. I'm following you on IG. Thanks for taking the time to do this video for us. I look forward to learning more from you! 👍
Have you tried thus and how did it work for you? I'm a beginner and wanting to do this to my new coffee table that I bought for 18 dollars at the thrift store a few days ago...pls let me know 🙏🙏thank you
I've watched several videos on this subject so I could learn how to do this to a table top of mine. I have to tell you, after watching yours, I can stop looking. Your method is the one. Thank you very much, its beautiful.
Thank you, this is an excellent tutorial. I was a little surprised by the 60grit paper at the end, I would have expected something higher. The effect is outstanding. I am going to try this on a barn restoration of a new house. Thanks again!
Excellent job. I'm a professional painter and taught to use the best brushes and techniques. Now we are going in another direction that just works perfectly. I'm working on some furniture for a restaurant and the customer wants the same result as yours. Thanks for a great vid and explained very well.
yes I'm with you - I too in a previous life was an interior painter and I agree 100% about using the best brushes (I'm a Wooster silver tip fan myself!) because of how the paint flows evenly through the bristles - but as you rightly say, for these kinds of random effects you don't need that - so the cheaper the rougher the better!!
Can’t that you enough for this video! I adore the white wash look on wooden furniture and this coloured finish is exactly what I love. Will be giving this a go :)
My dad and I are going to stain some wood to make shelves for my room but I couldn't find the exact look I wanted🙃 thankfully I found your video and these are perfect, we're gonna try it out today ☺️
my daughter and I just completed our mantle! We are very happy with it. We are going to let it dry before we decide if we want to go over it more with the cream paint. Thank you for your video! Very easy process!!
Love this finish!! I have some 20 year old cherry wood stained bedroom furniture and I am hoping to be able to get this effect once we refinish. Great job. I love it. Thank you for the tutorial!!
@@mchapm15 no it didn’t unfortunately. But I did go with a finish that just uses paint and an antique wash over it and it was amazing. I found the tutorial on another channel. Let me see if I can find it.
Excellent work, and great tutorial. I took the siding from a 50 year old collapsed barn and repurposed them to my home for a rustic farmhouse look, but ran out of usable wood. This is gonna help me complete my project.
Very late comment here - but this vid is by far the best one I’ve seen on YT for the barn wood technique! I could never understand why virtually no one uses the actual colors found in aged wood to reproduce the look of it. Just smearing white paint over an old finish isn’t appealing to me..this - I like! Kudos to you, Rustic Duck!
Indeed, as has been indicated many times below, I have to agree. After several, several videos showing how get the white wash effect, this is the very best so far. It come really close to what I am looking for and process is very clear and effective. Thank you kindly.
Wow this looks perfect ! I have been watching video after videos trying to find this exactly look and nobody has came anywhere close but you did 👍🏻👍🏻 your technique and color is exactly what I have been trying to achieve so thank you,thank you, thank you so much. I am actually going to do my king bed TODAY right now heading to Home Depot ❤️
This is the second of one of your videos I've watched. So far, you are the best at teaching how to get these looks. I used your teaching of the turquoise antiquing effect on an old mirror. It was my first attempt at this type of painting. I loved the outcome. I will use this technique of the barn finished. However, I though the table top was so beautiful before the last and final step I would probably have stopped there. Thank you for sharing your skills1
Best tutorial I have seen , you make it look so easy , I’m going to have to find a project to do this on 😜 as soon as I finish the one in the garage lol
Just beautiful, Amanda! You're quite an artist. I think I can do this now that I've seen your video, so I'll give it a try on a very large clock I'm building. Thanks!
Cool, really nice effect so easily done. I love layering stain and paint but it's so hard waiting for coats to dry before continuing, I just want to keep doing it it's so enjoyable and meditative.
I've always loved the look, but never been able to replicate it to my satisfaction. Now I know why. This is the first time I've seen an actual technique that makes sense.
Beautiful!! Going to try this method tonight on a wood veneer table. Instead of stain, I'm going to try it with brown, gray and black paints. Then with white over top. Thanks!!
@@katherineoehlerking2622 Yes!! I painted the table a beige at first, then layered paints while dry brushing. The more layers you do the better it will look because it adds more depth. I did grays, white and black. It turned out great!
Excellent tutorial, Thank you for your clear instructions. You have a very happy New Subscriber. I’m looking forward to your future projects. Awesome Work.
Rustic Duck Furniture can you please write the materials I don't get the full name of the walnut color please and thank you I'm working on my diy coffe table and this is the color I've been loking for
Nice work. One big tip I can give anyone who is into finishes on wood is on how to get light colored woods like pine and dense grained woods to take on more tint , dye, or color. Light colored woods do not take stain well and the stain is almost always splotchy and not uniform in color. Going over and over the wood with more stain does not work well at all, nor does letting it sit for hours. Multiple stains coatings do not work well at all because stains contain a solvent, either water or oil, this is why the stain is a liquid, the color is suspended in the liquid and once you apply it, the solvent evaporates leaving behind the color. The problem occurs when you add new wet stain on top of the old stain. The solvent in the stain is going to dissolve the stain you have already applied. So all you are doing is erasing what you have already done and doing it again. This is not true with stains that are a combination of stain and top coat, like polyurethane. Those combination stains act more like paint than stain and they will cover and darken but they will also hide your wood and defeat the purpose of staining wood, which is to bring out the wood look. To solve most all of these issues, use ordinary clothing dye like Rit dye to dye the wood first before applying stain. You can get Rit dye at Walmart or Target in powder form or liquid. Rit dye comes in many colors and you can blend the basic colors to create unlimited colors. Mix the rubbing alcohol, which is isopropyl alcohol, with the Rit dye. Use the 90% rubbing alcohol if you can get it. You can also use denatured alcohol or even vodka or Everclear liquor which is ethyl alcohol. I personally haven't tried it but vinegar may work as well, test a similar piece of wood to find out. But remember, vinegar is an acid. Grab a few extra wood paint stirrers from your paint store, they make excellent testing and experiment strips. What you are essentially creating is a giant Sharpie marker in the color of your choice.Use red solos cups for mixing. Make an applicator out of a tshirt or polyester cloth wrapped around a ball of cloth. Get it saturated but not dripping. Sometimes the Rit dye will break down into a different shade than what you started with because of the alcohol. For example, "dark brown" Rit will become purple when diluted with alcohol, just like a marker. Don't worry, the wood stain will make it brown again, very brown. Unlike stain, the more you go over the wood with the Rit dye alcohol mixture, the darker the wood will get, just like using a Sharpie on paper. If certain areas are too dark, use a clean rag with clean alcohol only to lighten up the area. The end grain of the wood will always take on more dye and stain, so too prevent this, wet the end grain with clear alcohol first before using the tinted alcohol and Rit. Despite the illusion that the stain and alcohol dye is soaking deep into the wood, it does not penetrate very deep at all and can almost always be sanded out. Make sure every inch of your wood is sanded to the same smoothness or you will have splotches. Water, alcohol, and even oil based stains will swell up the wood grain and make it raise up diminishing your last sanding. To minimize the wood grain raising, use clean alcohol or water first, then knock the grain back down with sandpaper. If you do this a few times, the wood grain will eventually stop raising up. This will greatly reduce splotchyness and make the shades more even. One other big tip is to apply the stain with sandpaper. Use the wet/dry sand paper and dip it into the stain or dye and rub it into the wood. Use either the same grit paper you last used or use the final grit you want. When the sandpaper is wet, the stain and dye will act as a lubricant and you can actually feel the sandpaper smoothing the wood as you sand while applying the stain or dye. You can feel the sand paper working and you can hear the sound change when the wood is smoothed. If you are using an open pore wood, such as oak, the slurry of fine sanding dust that you will create by sanding in the stain will fill the open pores and will match way better than any wood filler you can use. If you use rubber gloves, you can smear the slurry and work it into the open pores. Just remember, anything you use before the stain is cured, set, or coated will dissolve your filled pores and your layer of stain. Even if you are going to apply a clear protective top coat with a brush or rag or sponge, I highly recommend that you use a spray on clear coat first. Use either the same type as your brush on clear coat or one that is compatible with your clear top coat. Once the thin sprayed on top coat is dry, your staining job will not be dissolved by the solvents in your top coat. Brushing on clear coat can dissolve your stain and open your pores you have filled. a thin, spray on clear coat will protect your color. You can also apply stain to end grain wood extremely gradually with very small amounts with an almost dry brush so it will not get too dark, then spray on a clear coat so the end grain will not soak up any more stain. I learned a lot of this stuff the hard way. I hope it helps someone.
just finished staining pine, little wet sponge before i applied water base stain, 2 light coats. no blotchiness, nice uniform colour, looks great. i find pine is the easiest to work with. other than maple. walnut is a pain in the rear.
Yea and wood condition helps too. Also to get rid of the red look in species like red cedar you can stain with white or fruitwood then stain it with the color you want. Those red tannons can really make a difference in the outcome of the color.
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Undoubtedly the best tutorial for this look for furniture. Thank you so much for sharing your process!
Lost for words. You are a true artist. Your work should be respected by those who look for artists to create backgrounds for movies, t.v etc. I have been painting all of my adult life. In old age comes wisdom and experience. Knowledge as well. Education, trial and error, and lots of mistakes are what makes a great painter and artistica painter. You are beyond good
Awe what a lovely thing to say thank you (I've always wanted to paint backdrops lol)
@@rusticduckfurniture4744 Follow your dream. You have a creative eye, are good with blending colors and have decorative painting skills beyond those who do it for a living. You would also be good at teaching. What you do can't be learned by watching. It is a hands on thing. Best of luck. My words are sincere.
From a retired painter, great faux finish, nice work
thanks for posting. This was about the sixth video I watched, and this was the first to get it right and actually explain the process... and without unnecessary dialogue.
Armand Cartrell thank you that's so lovely of you to say xx
AMAZING!!! I CANT WAIT TO TRY THIS SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. THANK YOU FOR THE BEST TUTORIAL ON THE INTERNET!!!!!
I watched 20 videos with various techniques. Yours seems the best and I will try this on my dark stained mango wood table top.
The most effective and real driftwood look Iv'e seen so far. Thank you!
Brilliant! Ive watched at least 10 vids in the last couple days. Ive followed other tutorials but I always run into a detail that was not explained in that video and then ultimately end up not pleased with the results. The timing of using the white wash and the drying effect it has on the wet stain is a great detail to know. This is the simplest and easiest to follow so far. There are so many subtle details that never get explained like the types of brushes or time in between coats...waiting to dry or not. Everything was explained and addressed! The look is perfect! Subscribed!!
Very nice finish. I’ve seen this done before with much less success. Thank you for sharing your technique.
Used your technique on a loft ladder and it worked perfectly! Thanks!
I have been watching videos for days trying to find this exact look. THANK YOU so much. This is PERFECT.
White paint is similar to home interor paint ? Just add water
Great video, TY! I'm using your method for my 60 year old plywood sub floor! First, I used my diamond-bladed angle grinder to score in some wide plank seams. I'm already started, just came back to watch your video again to make sure I didn't forget any of your tricks. Thanks again!
This was a great video I am going to try this later today:). Which clear coat do I need to use once it's all dry?
Being a beginning woodworker, this has been my go-to video on a rustic or weathered look for a few months now. I'm following you on IG. Thanks for taking the time to do this video for us. I look forward to learning more from you! 👍
Have you tried thus and how did it work for you? I'm a beginner and wanting to do this to my new coffee table that I bought for 18 dollars at the thrift store a few days ago...pls let me know 🙏🙏thank you
I've watched several videos on this subject so I could learn how to do this to a table top of mine. I have to tell you, after watching yours, I can stop looking. Your method is the one. Thank you very much, its beautiful.
Great tutorial!!!! This is the best weathered gray look I've seen! I'm definitely trying this look on my next project!
This worked really well!! Thanks so much for this vid. I had to make a porch floor in a local museum look like this and it turned out amazing!!
This looks so realistic! You made it look easy, I hope I can do it. Im saving this to watch again.
Absolutely the beeest!
I have been watching different tutorials for days! Yours looks soooooo professional!
Thank you!
Brilliant Amanda. Thank you for sharing. Loved the finish.
Like others have commented, this is the first video that hit on exactly what I was looking for, thank you!!
You’re truly a blessing. Thank you for your wonderful videos!!
Thank you, this is an excellent tutorial. I was a little surprised by the 60grit paper at the end, I would have expected something higher. The effect is outstanding. I am going to try this on a barn restoration of a new house. Thanks again!
Nice technique, I like how you blended the 2 stains together
Excellent job. I'm a professional painter and taught to use the best brushes and techniques. Now we are going in another direction that just works perfectly. I'm working on some furniture for a restaurant and the customer wants the same result as yours. Thanks for a great vid and explained very well.
yes I'm with you - I too in a previous life was an interior painter and I agree 100% about using the best brushes (I'm a Wooster silver tip fan myself!) because of how the paint flows evenly through the bristles - but as you rightly say, for these kinds of random effects you don't need that - so the cheaper the rougher the better!!
Can’t that you enough for this video! I adore the white wash look on wooden furniture and this coloured finish is exactly what I love. Will be giving this a go :)
Love it! Straight on, to the point. Looks beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful job! Looks great and it's the exact look I want for my coffee table. Thank you!
Have you tried this yet? Pls do let me know as I am wanting to do this and ima beginner..thanks so much.
My dad and I are going to stain some wood to make shelves for my room but I couldn't find the exact look I wanted🙃 thankfully I found your video and these are perfect, we're gonna try it out today ☺️
Just finished my farmhouse entry table with her stain/painting finish. Came out great. Thanks
You're very welcome x
my daughter and I just completed our mantle! We are very happy with it. We are going to let it dry before we decide if we want to go over it more with the cream paint. Thank you for your video! Very easy process!!
Lisa Janszen that's so nice to hear THANK YOU for your super kind words and feedback xx
Love this finish!! I have some 20 year old cherry wood stained bedroom furniture and I am hoping to be able to get this effect once we refinish. Great job. I love it. Thank you for the tutorial!!
Did it work? I just finished stripping mine and it’s pink underneath and orange. I’m trying to figure out how to get it gray.
@@mchapm15 no it didn’t unfortunately. But I did go with a finish that just uses paint and an antique wash over it and it was amazing. I found the tutorial on another channel. Let me see if I can find it.
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@@mchapm15 I would use some bleach to try to strip out that orange
Best video on how to explain weathered wood effect, Brilliant!
Excellent work, and great tutorial. I took the siding from a 50 year old collapsed barn and repurposed them to my home for a rustic farmhouse look, but ran out of usable wood. This is gonna help me complete my project.
Super glad to be of some kind of help :)
Very late comment here - but this vid is by far the best one I’ve seen on YT for the barn wood technique! I could never understand why virtually no one uses the actual colors found in aged wood to reproduce the look of it. Just smearing white paint over an old finish isn’t appealing to me..this - I like! Kudos to you, Rustic Duck!
That's a lovely comment to read thank-you very much x
Great video! I love how you narrate the work as we're watching you do it instead of trying to talk and work at the same time. Thanks!
That was really impressive. Love the blend
You are an artist ! I need a lot of practice to get where you are.
Indeed, as has been indicated many times below, I have to agree. After several, several videos showing how get the white wash effect, this is the very best so far. It come really close to what I am looking for and process is very clear and effective. Thank you kindly.
Just used this tutorial on a desk. Came out perfect!
Just wonderful. Excellent job and simple explanation. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this technique. I painted a shelf and looks fabulous!
Wow this looks perfect ! I have been watching video after videos trying to find this exactly look and nobody has came anywhere close but you did 👍🏻👍🏻 your technique and color is exactly what I have been trying to achieve so thank you,thank you, thank you so much. I am actually going to do my king bed TODAY right now heading to Home Depot ❤️
you and I have the same idea I was looking all over for this style to do my king bed frame also so glad I found this video
Dottie Jamison how funny I'm working on a bed frame and was aiming for this sort of look! I hope yours came out fabulously!
@@TheTrippyCity please share your pics after the makeover. I want to do this as well
This was a great video I am going to try this later today:). Which clear coat do I need to use once it's all dry?
This is the second of one of your videos I've watched. So far, you are the best at teaching how to get these looks. I used your teaching of the turquoise antiquing effect on an old mirror. It was my first attempt at this type of painting. I loved the outcome. I will use this technique of the barn finished. However, I though the table top was so beautiful before the last and final step I would probably have stopped there. Thank you for sharing your skills1
Yvette Wiley that's super kind of you to say thank you and yes there are a lot of steps along the way where I love the look too 😊
Thanks so much for posting your tutorial! It helped me save a piece of furniture I had given a terrible finish to, but now it looks great! Cheers!
Looks good
Best tutorial I have seen , you make it look so easy , I’m going to have to find a project to do this on 😜 as soon as I finish the one in the garage lol
Thanks for the quick response
I'm going to try this out you make it look easy
Your work is amazing!!!!! Can't wait to see more stuff from you
Just beautiful, Amanda! You're quite an artist. I think I can do this now that I've seen your video, so I'll give it a try on a very large clock I'm building. Thanks!
The best tutorial for this effect that I’ve seen. Thanks and I’ve subscribed 😊
You nailed the exact look!! Thanks so much
I have been searching for this effect for sometime its awesome glad I found you this will help my craft work
So beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to use this technique when i paint some shelves.
It looks beautiful! Thank you for showing us your technique!
Thanks Amanda
It looks GREAT!
Great look and process. Thanks!
Absolutely gorgeous! Going to do this on the side table I got. ❤
Thanks Amanda! Love the look
Cool, really nice effect so easily done. I love layering stain and paint but it's so hard waiting for coats to dry before continuing, I just want to keep doing it it's so enjoyable and meditative.
Best video about aged look I've found
I've always loved the look, but never been able to replicate it to my satisfaction. Now I know why. This is the first time I've seen an actual technique that makes sense.
I have doors I'm working on, this is the distress look I've ever seen.
Thanks love.
beautiful, thank you this is just what I was looking for!
Very nice! Thank you for sharing this technique. I will be using it soon.
Favorite video so far! BEAUTIFUL
Beautiful!! Going to try this method tonight on a wood veneer table. Instead of stain, I'm going to try it with brown, gray and black paints. Then with white over top. Thanks!!
Did it work with paint?
@@katherineoehlerking2622 Yes!! I painted the table a beige at first, then layered paints while dry brushing. The more layers you do the better it will look because it adds more depth. I did grays, white and black. It turned out great!
Finally a simple and effective tutorial
Awesome! Thank You, my favorite wood bleached look
WOW Amanda. That look awesome. I will certainly have to do this on a few projects. Two Thumbs up
thanks Shayne !!
This came out great! I think I might make a table with this finish. Maybe a steel base and this for the top. Wheels are turning!
it's good to have turning wheels!!
Oh I love this technique! It looks sooo good. I can't wait to try it. Thank you so much for sharing!!!
I love this technique. I will try it out
Excellent tutorial,
Thank you for your clear instructions.
You have a very happy New Subscriber.
I’m looking forward to your future projects.
Awesome Work.
Very nice! Just what I needed, many thanks!
It looks fantastic! Can't wait to try it!!
Thanks! The effect is perfect, just what I was looking for
love this video, up to to the clear coat, I'm going to do this process on my faux ship lap wall!
Great job! Perfect color
beautiful color it turned out wonderful.
Will this technique work on the already painted wood and furniture
Looks really good
Looks amazing!
El mejor video de envejecimiento de madera que e visto!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍 Ahora suscrito!
Excellent video. Thank you!
Very realistic result. Thank you.
This is perfection !! I just love it!
Suzi Q thank you x
Amazing
Thank you. I am going to make barn yard door for my home. Very helpful video.
Love this technique!
dana bagby thank you it's effective hey!!
Rustic Duck Furniture can you please write the materials I don't get the full name of the walnut color please and thank you I'm working on my diy coffe table and this is the color I've been loking for
Dark Walnut :)
Thank you do you think I'll have the same result if is reclaim wood I did my table with left over material
Hi Eva - reclaimed wood typically tends to stain darker so it might be prudent to test the stains on a scrap piece first. !
This is just what I was after thanks for your great tutorial and tips.
Nice work. One big tip I can give anyone who is into finishes on wood is on how to get light colored woods like pine and dense grained woods to take on more tint , dye, or color. Light colored woods do not take stain well and the stain is almost always splotchy and not uniform in color. Going over and over the wood with more stain does not work well at all, nor does letting it sit for hours. Multiple stains coatings do not work well at all because stains contain a solvent, either water or oil, this is why the stain is a liquid, the color is suspended in the liquid and once you apply it, the solvent evaporates leaving behind the color. The problem occurs when you add new wet stain on top of the old stain. The solvent in the stain is going to dissolve the stain you have already applied. So all you are doing is erasing what you have already done and doing it again. This is not true with stains that are a combination of stain and top coat, like polyurethane. Those combination stains act more like paint than stain and they will cover and darken but they will also hide your wood and defeat the purpose of staining wood, which is to bring out the wood look. To solve most all of these issues, use ordinary clothing dye like Rit dye to dye the wood first before applying stain. You can get Rit dye at Walmart or Target in powder form or liquid. Rit dye comes in many colors and you can blend the basic colors to create unlimited colors. Mix the rubbing alcohol, which is isopropyl alcohol, with the Rit dye. Use the 90% rubbing alcohol if you can get it. You can also use denatured alcohol or even vodka or Everclear liquor which is ethyl alcohol. I personally haven't tried it but vinegar may work as well, test a similar piece of wood to find out. But remember, vinegar is an acid. Grab a few extra wood paint stirrers from your paint store, they make excellent testing and experiment strips. What you are essentially creating is a giant Sharpie marker in the color of your choice.Use red solos cups for mixing. Make an applicator out of a tshirt or polyester cloth wrapped around a ball of cloth. Get it saturated but not dripping. Sometimes the Rit dye will break down into a different shade than what you started with because of the alcohol. For example, "dark brown" Rit will become purple when diluted with alcohol, just like a marker. Don't worry, the wood stain will make it brown again, very brown. Unlike stain, the more you go over the wood with the Rit dye alcohol mixture, the darker the wood will get, just like using a Sharpie on paper. If certain areas are too dark, use a clean rag with clean alcohol only to lighten up the area. The end grain of the wood will always take on more dye and stain, so too prevent this, wet the end grain with clear alcohol first before using the tinted alcohol and Rit. Despite the illusion that the stain and alcohol dye is soaking deep into the wood, it does not penetrate very deep at all and can almost always be sanded out. Make sure every inch of your wood is sanded to the same smoothness or you will have splotches. Water, alcohol, and even oil based stains will swell up the wood grain and make it raise up diminishing your last sanding. To minimize the wood grain raising, use clean alcohol or water first, then knock the grain back down with sandpaper. If you do this a few times, the wood grain will eventually stop raising up. This will greatly reduce splotchyness and make the shades more even. One other big tip is to apply the stain with sandpaper. Use the wet/dry sand paper and dip it into the stain or dye and rub it into the wood. Use either the same grit paper you last used or use the final grit you want. When the sandpaper is wet, the stain and dye will act as a lubricant and you can actually feel the sandpaper smoothing the wood as you sand while applying the stain or dye. You can feel the sand paper working and you can hear the sound change when the wood is smoothed. If you are using an open pore wood, such as oak, the slurry of fine sanding dust that you will create by sanding in the stain will fill the open pores and will match way better than any wood filler you can use. If you use rubber gloves, you can smear the slurry and work it into the open pores. Just remember, anything you use before the stain is cured, set, or coated will dissolve your filled pores and your layer of stain. Even if you are going to apply a clear protective top coat with a brush or rag or sponge, I highly recommend that you use a spray on clear coat first. Use either the same type as your brush on clear coat or one that is compatible with your clear top coat. Once the thin sprayed on top coat is dry, your staining job will not be dissolved by the solvents in your top coat. Brushing on clear coat can dissolve your stain and open your pores you have filled. a thin, spray on clear coat will protect your color. You can also apply stain to end grain wood extremely gradually with very small amounts with an almost dry brush so it will not get too dark, then spray on a clear coat so the end grain will not soak up any more stain. I learned a lot of this stuff the hard way. I hope it helps someone.
El Tomas thank you!
Great information... thanks
just finished staining pine, little wet sponge before i applied water base stain, 2 light coats. no blotchiness, nice uniform colour, looks great. i find pine is the easiest to work with. other than maple. walnut is a pain in the rear.
Do you have a video tutorial?
Yea and wood condition helps too. Also to get rid of the red look in species like red cedar you can stain with white or fruitwood then stain it with the color you want. Those red tannons can really make a difference in the outcome of the color.
Thank you. Very well explained.
Thank you for the great tutorial!!!
Totally amazing! I've always wanted to learn how to do this.
Nicely done !
So cool! I'm totally trying this
Great video!! Looks amazing!!
Love it, thinking about doing this with my coffee table in the future
Very nice!! Thank you for sharing!
Love this..Thank you so much for such an excellent video!