Greetings,
My SWMBO wants me to build a headboard for our bed and wants a blue "washed"
stain finish, something I've not done before. I'm not sure of the technique
but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it or get advice from
Lowe's or Sherwin Willy's. If anyone here has any tips on here, I'd sure be
grateful.
My primary question is, though, what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar,
Maple? I assume I need a light-colored wood and that it would need to be
thoroughly sanded so that the blue doesn't make sander marks show up.
Any clues?
Thanks in advance, you guys are always great.
Will H
google "pickling" can be used for any color
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mon, May 31, 2004, 11:17am (EDT-3) [email protected] (wch) starts
> out with:
> My SWMBO wants <snip> a blue "washed" stain finish <snip> I'm not sure
> of the technique but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it
> <snip> what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar, Maple? <snip>
>
> My first thought is, make the bed, and tell her the rest is up to
> her.
>
> You want to paint maple? Better use cherry instead.
>
> Technique? Only interior decorators have "technique". But,
> "washed" should give you a clue. On one of my projects, I needed a
> tarnished copper look, sort of greenish, on wood, with a pattern on it,
> and it needed to let the pattern detail show thru. I suppose you could
> call that "washed". Mixed up some latex to a color that looked about
> right, thinned it way down with water, and brushed it on. Perfect. Not
> actually a stain, but thinned out enough that it looks like one.
>
> I'm figuing you'll want some type of finish coat over that. So, if
> it was me, I'd get some small pieces of whatever wood I was gonna pain
> on, mix up some small dabs of paint, until I got something the ex (oops,
> wife) liked. Then I'd try the finish of choice on that, and see if she
> still liked it. Lately I've been using water-base poly, and that's
> working well for me. I'd also make damn sure I took careful notes on
> the proportions I used, so when I mixed up enough for the whole bed, I'd
> have the same mixture, only more. Might help to get it in writing from
> her, that she agrees that's what she wants - for later when she gets
> tired of it, and tries to say you got the color wrong.
>
> Of course, if it's only a small bed, you could always just get some
> bottles of food coloring in the store, and thin them down a bit.
>
>
> JOAT
> If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
> for later.
> - JOAT
>
[email protected] (J T) writes:
>epearlatprexardotcom (fsteddie) dumps out:
>>google "pickling" can be used for any color
> That's about dumb.
http://www.google.com/search?q=pickling+faux
or
http://www.google.com/search?q=pickling+paint
Yields much better results and will get Will on the road to finding
techniques and pictures that SWMBO can use to paint her own darn
bed. ;)
--
be safe.
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Mon, May 31, 2004, 8:33pm epearlatprexardotcom (fsteddie) dumps out:
google "pickling" can be used for any color
That's about dumb.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&c2coff=1&q=%22pickling%22
I'm not who asked, so no reason to respond to my post. Try
responding to the appropriate post, next time. You need to learn how to
snip too.
JOAT
If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
for later.
- JOAT
Mon, May 31, 2004, 11:17am (EDT-3) [email protected] (wch) starts
out with:
My SWMBO wants <snip> a blue "washed" stain finish <snip> I'm not sure
of the technique but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it
<snip> what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar, Maple? <snip>
My first thought is, make the bed, and tell her the rest is up to
her.
You want to paint maple? Better use cherry instead.
Technique? Only interior decorators have "technique". But,
"washed" should give you a clue. On one of my projects, I needed a
tarnished copper look, sort of greenish, on wood, with a pattern on it,
and it needed to let the pattern detail show thru. I suppose you could
call that "washed". Mixed up some latex to a color that looked about
right, thinned it way down with water, and brushed it on. Perfect. Not
actually a stain, but thinned out enough that it looks like one.
I'm figuing you'll want some type of finish coat over that. So, if
it was me, I'd get some small pieces of whatever wood I was gonna pain
on, mix up some small dabs of paint, until I got something the ex (oops,
wife) liked. Then I'd try the finish of choice on that, and see if she
still liked it. Lately I've been using water-base poly, and that's
working well for me. I'd also make damn sure I took careful notes on
the proportions I used, so when I mixed up enough for the whole bed, I'd
have the same mixture, only more. Might help to get it in writing from
her, that she agrees that's what she wants - for later when she gets
tired of it, and tries to say you got the color wrong.
Of course, if it's only a small bed, you could always just get some
bottles of food coloring in the store, and thin them down a bit.
JOAT
If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
for later.
- JOAT
You need to clarify what she *really,really* wants. My STBEW ( soon to be
ex-wife) asked for the same blue wash finish - what I wound up doing - built
the dish display rack out of pine. Painted it a light blue - one coat.
Thinned out some white latex and applied with a wadded cloth. Let it dry and
sand through the white a bit on the edges. Worked fine for me.
Vic
"wch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
>
> My SWMBO wants me to build a headboard for our bed and wants a blue
"washed"
> stain finish, something I've not done before. I'm not sure of the
technique
> but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it or get advice from
> Lowe's or Sherwin Willy's. If anyone here has any tips on here, I'd sure
be
> grateful.
>
> My primary question is, though, what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar,
> Maple? I assume I need a light-colored wood and that it would need to be
> thoroughly sanded so that the blue doesn't make sander marks show up.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks in advance, you guys are always great.
>
> Will H
>
>
On Mon, 31 May 2004 11:17:15 -0700, "wch" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>My SWMBO wants me to build a headboard for our bed and wants a blue "washed"
>stain finish, something I've not done before. I'm not sure of the technique
>but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it or get advice from
>Lowe's or Sherwin Willy's. If anyone here has any tips on here, I'd sure be
>grateful.
>
>My primary question is, though, what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar,
>Maple? I assume I need a light-colored wood and that it would need to be
>thoroughly sanded so that the blue doesn't make sander marks show up.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Thanks in advance, you guys are always great.
>
>Will H
>
here's what I'd do:
1) get her to show you an example of what she's thinking of. take note
of what wood, what color of blue, whether there are other colors under
the blue, etc.
2)take pictures and post them to alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
3) repost the question here.
Might also look at www.homesteadfinishing.com and search for likely
words. If nothing pops up go to one of the forums and ask Jeff
Jewitt.
On Mon, 31 May 2004 11:17:15 -0700, "wch" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>My SWMBO wants me to build a headboard for our bed and wants a blue "washed"
>stain finish, something I've not done before. I'm not sure of the technique
>but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it or get advice from
>Lowe's or Sherwin Willy's. If anyone here has any tips on here, I'd sure be
>grateful.
>
>My primary question is, though, what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar,
>Maple? I assume I need a light-colored wood and that it would need to be
>thoroughly sanded so that the blue doesn't make sander marks show up.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Thanks in advance, you guys are always great.
>
>Will H
>