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- March 5 2007 : 10:37p
| I use something you may have never seen before. I use artist oil color in the tube. Typical colors are burnt umber, raw umber, burnt sienna and sometimes raw sienna.
But I dont use them in the way you might expect. I dont premix stain with them, I actually use them straight out of the tube. Usually just one color, sometimes two. I start by mixing 1/3 boiled linseed oil in a can with 2/3 paint thinner. This is used as the vehicle for the stain. dip your rag or brush in the oil mix, then get some paste color on it and rub away. It can be time consuming, but looks great. Especially if it is something I need to match an existing color, from a new piece of furniture to match the color of existing, or making table leaves for an existing table.
Then I usually like to top it off with Zipguard satin urethane, polishing out the final coat with minwax pastewax and superfine 0000 steel wool.
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- March 5 2007 : 10:43p
| That is the process I used to finish the tigermaple pieces I replaced the plastic trim with on my F250. I traded that truck in on my F350, which I plan Cherry replacements for.
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- March 6 2007 : 7:44a
| Offroad250:
That's an awesome post on using the artist colors. I'm always trying to match a stain for something, and end up playing junior chemist in my basement, mixing together various stains to get the right color match. I'm going to try your method next time. | |
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- March 6 2007 : 8:58a
| I just started using Watco Danish Oil. It doesn't get much easier than that, the whole project can be finished in about an hour, and it leaves a real nice satin sheen. I have used the natural to just enhance the wood without any additional color. The smell is pretty bad though. I try to get it on as quickly as possible and get out of the room. 
I have been using a Formby's tung oil a lot lately as well. It is also very easy to apply with a rag. It goes on very smooth. I use 0000 steel wool between coats to get a good smooth finish. And it dries hard as nails. The first project I used it on was a hand rail for the stairwell to the basement. That was about 4 years ago and it looks like I just put in on.
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- March 7 2007 : 6:39a
| Thanks guys, I have been very pleased with the results. It takes a little time to develope a good technique but once you do its worth it. I learned it from my days finishing furniture for an antique shop. We did a lot of new, antique style furniture. We found most people didnt want to pay for the antiques, or wanted something out of potterybarn or stickley. So we would custom built whatever piece of furniture they desired, and a lot of the time they would bring in a drawer from a cabinet they own as a color sample. So I got good at matching colors. 
If you guys have any questions feel free to ask
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- March 7 2007 : 9:27a
| | Nice job offroad. | |
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- March 7 2007 : 9:58a
| | Offroad - that wood insert is one of the more ingenious ideas I've seen in a long time. There's gotta be a market for those if you're up to making them to order! I'm impressed! | |
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- March 7 2007 : 4:42p
| Took me several hours to shape them. They were book matched, so both sides were from one piece ripped in half, and the started as 5/4 curly maple. Lots of time running to the shop, trimming, shaving etc, running back to the truck, checking fit, scribing a little more......repeat
Sadly, I dont have that truck anymore. But I do have a CC now that has one on each door, the rear doors having a larger panel. There is fake wood in there now and I plan on replacing it all with cherry or mahogany. Probably cherry. Might make a new center console too.
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Fake wood to replace
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- March 7 2007 : 8:24p
| Jason I don't remember seeing those in your 250.
Interesting idea on using the paint for stains. | |
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- March 7 2007 : 10:47p
| Joe, they were in the truck long before I bought a digital cam and joined FTW
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