I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
seems like this would be pretty messy though.
It will be painted after.
Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
To send me e-mail remove the sevens
from my address.
Chrisd
"." wrote:
> I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
> seems like this would be pretty messy though.
> It will be painted after.
> Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
Do you have kids?
Dave in Fairfax
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reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
American Association of Woodturners
http://www.woodturner.org
Capital Area Woodturners
http://www.capwoodturners.org/
I found I was too "regular" with the blunt instrument marks, so I gave them
to the kids.
Randomized well.
<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "." wrote:
> > I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> > I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
> > seems like this would be pretty messy though.
> > It will be painted after.
> > Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
>
> Do you have kids?
Just build whatever you want out of it and then push it down some stairs...
"." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
> seems like this would be pretty messy though.
> It will be painted after.
>
> Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
>
>
> To send me e-mail remove the sevens
> from my address.
>
> Chrisd
OK, build whatever you want out of the wood and then toss it down GOOGLE's
stairs.
<grin>
"Young_carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Come on guys where is the standard reply or did that go out while I was
> away.
> GOOGLE!
>
>
> --
>
>
> "." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> > I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
> > seems like this would be pretty messy though.
> > It will be painted after.
> >
> > Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
> >
> >
> > To send me e-mail remove the sevens
> > from my address.
> >
> > Chrisd
>
>
>
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:16:40 GMT, . <[email protected]> wrote:
>I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
>I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
>seems like this would be pretty messy though.
>It will be painted after.
>
>Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
>
>
>To send me e-mail remove the sevens
>from my address.
>
>Chrisd
messy but effective.
a little less messy and a little less effective is wire brushing
alone.
another approach involves sandblasting.
In article <[email protected]>,
. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
> seems like this would be pretty messy though.
> It will be painted after.
>
> Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
>
>
> To send me e-mail remove the sevens
> from my address.
>
> Chrisd
Use whatever works to get the look you want. Some folks swing a chain
against the wook, file the edges, a few hammer dents, drop some things
on it. But whatever you do, the distressing has to look as if it was
made a long time ago, and then it too has worn smooth. after beating
things up a bit, lightly sand the boards to soften the dents, scratches
etc. whatever you do to distress the wood.
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Thanks,
Ham
Why would somone beat up a perfectly good piece of wood? You wouldn't buy a
new car and run it through a fence would you?
BGP
"Dusty Workshop" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> > Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
>
>
> Try this link Chris...
>
> http://www.am-wood.com/finishes/distress.html
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Dusty
>
> "A man without a wife is like a fish without a bicycle."
Come on guys where is the standard reply or did that go out while I was
away.
GOOGLE!
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"." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
> seems like this would be pretty messy though.
> It will be painted after.
>
> Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
>
>
> To send me e-mail remove the sevens
> from my address.
>
> Chrisd
A bicycle chain and an old screwdriver worked well for me.
In article <[email protected]>,
Bob Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> . <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I want to make some fir boards look old and battered.
> > I was thinking of burning it and then wire brushing it off.
> > seems like this would be pretty messy though.
> > It will be painted after.
> >
> > Where can I find some information on other ways to do this?
> >
> >
> > To send me e-mail remove the sevens
> > from my address.
> >
> > Chrisd
>
> Use whatever works to get the look you want. Some folks swing a chain
> against the wook, file the edges, a few hammer dents, drop some things
> on it. But whatever you do, the distressing has to look as if it was
> made a long time ago, and then it too has worn smooth. after beating
> things up a bit, lightly sand the boards to soften the dents, scratches
> etc. whatever you do to distress the wood.
Try it
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 20:44:50 -0500, "Young_carpenter"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Come on guys where is the standard reply or did that go out while I was
>away.
>GOOGLE!
To send me e-mail remove the sevens
from my address.
Chrisd