Questions tagged [coloring]
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What causes the very dark brown and black color of some antique oak?
In the Britain, there is a great deal of antique oak furniture and even room wood paneling that is very dark brown and black, sometimes with red undertones, and without the typical golden hues of ...
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What's a good way to lighten the colour of this chair, returning it to a natural-wood appearance?
I bought these secondhand cross-back chairs and I think they look great. However I think they will look even better if they have a brighter colour.
I'm looking to suggestions for easy ways to make ...
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Method to remove wood sticker stain / discolored area from pine?
I am using some old pine for flooring and want to keep the rustic saw mark appearance on the face. There are 1” wide horizontal stains across the boards left by wood stickers from drying or stacking ...
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How to remove the "yellow" look from pine?
I recently finished building my stairs with pine wood. I was expecting to stain them to give it a bit darker look, but I didn't like the end result.
I know I should have picked another wood to start ...
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OAK Colour too dark on refinished clear aqua-Varithane gloss, 2nd vs 1st floor mismatch
I have resurfaced my 2nd oak floor and removed all dust but a sample stays far too dark compared to the 1st oak floor.
It seems nothing will retain the pastel white oak shade on the 2nd floor as much ...
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One spot on a plywood does not accept stain. What can I do?
I bought a plywood from lowes for 49 for a table top. It has a smooth finish and has an almost white color. I sanded it with 150. Applied minwax pre stain and then dark walnut stain. All oil based.
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Colouring a Kitchen Countertop
For financial reasons I have de- and reassembled a used kitchen in my apartment. Said kitchen - as I arranged the elements differently than before - needs a new countertop and I can't really see ...
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Does wood generally lose color / go gray in sunlight?
I had been under the impression that wood was always going to fade in sunlight. I've seen plenty of examples of this from regular SPF framing lumber to unfinished siding going gray. Even freshly split ...
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Can wood be "dyed" transparent?
Is it possible to "dye" or otherwise treat wood so that is becomes transparent? Or at least, somewhat permits light to pass?
I think I've seen examples of very thin handplane shavings which have a ...
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dylon material dyed wood and watco oil and wax finish on oak
I have stripped down a 60s oak dinning table and chairs with paint stripper, then washed with TPS as per paint remover instructions. I then dyed the wood with Dylon material dye "deep blue".
The ...
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Splotchy staining on cherry veneer
Based on a 14 x 17" sample the contractor showed us, we bought cherry veneer bathroom cabinets with a cinnamon finish.
Most (not all) of the drawers have splotchy staining (see photo). The ...
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Painting inside of carving
With CNC router , I've carved the inner circle so I want to make hundreds of trays like this:
what is the best way to paint the "brown part" without affecting the top edges. ( I don't want to paint ...
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Uniform oak dying: attenuate the grain
I am replacing a small section of oak flooring (I believe it's European oak) and am at the stage of colour matching.
I have found a dye which, after three applications, gives the correct colour. ...
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Chlorine bleach on poplar
While experimenting with stains and struggling with a moderately green piece of poplar, I found that I really like the results of:
Brush concentrated Clorox bleach, leave for 5 minutes then wipe. Let ...
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How can I finish a piece consisting of multiple species to yield an overall cohesive appearance?
So a long time ago I inquired about a project regarding a board game table. Well, we planned it out, scouted the wood, bought it, cut it up, and now we're on assembly!
For the outer visible portion ...
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How to scorch to darken a part of a piece of wood and not the other?
I intend draw a dark line 50mm / 2" large using a blowtorch on a piece of pine wood, but how to have a nice & clean line border ?
I thought of using sacrificial wood pieces or aluminium sheets as ...
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