A long time ago, I did this project for a retail customer.   Long story short, they gave up this vendor and needed to move the pieces left in stock.  Consumer wanted this look, that wasn't one of the options left in inventory..  Applied a couple of coats of white lacquer, then burnt umber glaze, then clear lacquer.   I was as glad to be rid of this mfr as the retailer was.  Not my tastes, but "whatever."

 

Before

During

After.

 

White spots across natural stained top are "dusty wax," another of their specialties that caused all sorts of problems.   My wife always said it looked like "Insufficient housecleaning,"  which I guess was the intent.

 

Dusty wax

On

 

Off

 

And another job, same mfr, customer wanted the painted highlights on the front of this armoire, what was originally all stained.

 

 

Edited March 29, 20179 yr by kmealy

nice!!!

Well done. Since I've taken over the household cleaning chores I now know what to call that look: not "insufficient cleaning", but "dusty wax".

3 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Well done. Since I've taken over the household cleaning chores I now know what to call that look: not "insufficient cleaning", but "dusty wax".

 

something to drive the OCD afflicted over the edge...

 

52 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 

something to drive the OCD afflicted over the edge...

Phyl has a sign hanging in the foyer "A clean house is a sign of a sick mind".

 

Well done

3 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Well done. Since I've taken over the household cleaning chores I now know what to call that look: not "insufficient cleaning", but "dusty wax".

I've been using that explanation for years  

I just call it "modern dirt".

On ‎3‎/‎29‎/‎2017 at 6:59 AM, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Well done. Since I've taken over the household cleaning chores I now know what to call that look: not "insufficient cleaning", but "dusty wax".

 

I learned the flatter the surface the easier it is to clean and when making a night stand etc. make sure the legs are far enough apart that the sweeper will fit between them.

10 hours ago, p_toad said:

I just call it "modern dirt".

"Shabby chic," please.   You pay extra for that.

 

 

I remember a Woodwright's Shop years ago.  Roy buried some wood in pig manure for a few months to give a "je ne sais quoi"" patina.   Nowadays, "barn wood" is all the rage.  Either 200 years late or 20 years early.

I've made a few things I wanted to bury in pig manure, but that was after they were completed and it would have been for more than a few months.

On 3/29/2017 at 7:59 AM, Gene Howe said:

 

Phyl has a sign hanging in the foyer "A clean house is a sign of a sick mind".

 

John

7 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I've made a few things I wanted to bury in pig manure, but that was after they were completed and it would have been for more than a few months.

I worked on a pig farm years ago. I CERTAINLY wouldn't want anything in my home that had been buried in pig s**t!

John

16 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

I worked on a pig farm years ago. I CERTAINLY wouldn't want anything in my home that had been buried in pig s**t!

John

BACON!

1 minute ago, Gene Howe said:

BACON!

Good thing the INSIDE of the pig is cleaner than the OUTSIDE!

John

2 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Good thing the INSIDE of the pig is cleaner than the OUTSIDE!

John

 

Not according to the heart doctors.

1 minute ago, HandyDan said:

 

Not according to the heart doctors.

Don't listen to those quacks! Bacon is the silver lining in the clouds of life!!!

John

Just now, HARO50 said:

Don't listen to those quacks! Bacon is the silver lining in the clouds of life!!!

John

 

That's what I thought.

yeah, when we were looking for a lot to build on out here, i got a whiff of pigs the one day; stopped the car and had the wife get out and take a whiff...     She didn't know what it was, but i did,  and i made of point of saying "we're looking elsewhere"/

9 hours ago, HandyDan said:

 

Not according to the heart doctors.

 

go away..