Matching a "Wood's End" whitewash finish

"U-CDK_CHARLES\\Charles" <"Charles Krug"@aol.com> wrote in
news:kqGqd.334$Xd.260@trndny02:

> Our daughter has a pine bed from the late This End Up's "Woods End"
> line.
>
> Wood is glued up layers of something in the "Pine" family--probably SYP
> but possibly some other species.
>
> Finish was called "whitewash." It's a semitranslucent white finish that
> appears to have a lacquer overcoat. The darker grain is visible through
> the white layer.
>
> I'd like to match it with some other "child size" furniture I've built
> for her.
>
> What can I use for the white layer that's compatible with home
> woodworking? Nothing more agressively exothermic than BLO please.
>

Try some progressively thinned latex flat wall paint on scrap, and see what
you like. Top coat, if desired, with your clear finish of choice.

Patriarch

"U-CDK_CHARLES\\Charles" <"Charles Krug"@aol.com> wrote in message news:<kqGqd.334$Xd.260@trndny02>...
> Our daughter has a pine bed from the late This End Up's "Woods End"
> line.
>
> Wood is glued up layers of something in the "Pine" family--probably SYP
> but possibly some other species.
>
> Finish was called "whitewash." It's a semitranslucent white finish that
> appears to have a lacquer overcoat. The darker grain is visible through
> the white layer.
>
> I'd like to match it with some other "child size" furniture I've built
> for her.
>
> What can I use for the white layer that's compatible with home
> woodworking? Nothing more agressively exothermic than BLO please.
>


Quite possibly you are dealing with a semi-transparent stain with a poly topcoat.

Minwax makes very good semi-transparents.

Gus