![]() ![]() Let me preface by saying that I know you can achieve pretty finishes on pine with paints and waxes. So yesterday, I tried out some different methods to see what I could come up with, and I actually think I found a way to stain pine a gorgeous medium-toned brown color that looks somewhat aged, while minimizing all of that yellow and orange grain! No matter how much wood conditioner, or how many coats of medium or light stain I use, that awful grain is still there…and accented in a way that I don’t find pretty at all. It’ll never dry.)īut I’ve tried that method with light and medium-toned stains on pine, and it just doesn’t work. And I always prefer to use Rust-Oleum wood stain on pine because you can literally paint it on like paint (just not quite as thick as paint) and it’ll still dry completely in a relatively short amount of time, and you can cover up as much of that crazy pine grain as possible. That way it’s easier to cover up all of the crazy yellow and orange grain. I generally use a wood conditioner, followed by a dark stain color. And I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to stain new pine, but it’s tricky. But back to reality…I’ll be building my table out of pine. □Īnyway, a table like that, in that warm medium brown tone, is exactly what I want. Finish with a clear coat of oil varnish in a satin finish.You get the idea, right? And I’m fine with it looking old and beautifully aged, like a well-loved antique, but I don’t want rustic. Somehow that makes sense in my mind.Once the entire piece of furniture or cabinets (in particular) are stained and placed in a room they will appear much darker as a whole than the small sample. But, be careful not to go as dark as you think you should. Once you are happy with your sample, proceed to the real thing.You want to see the beauty of the wood, but in a warm sable brown tone. The goal is to get a color that is a nice warm tone where you can see plenty of grain but not too much dark.In this case, begin slowly adding burnt umber to the mix to bring out more reds and balance the green. ![]() If you get too much raw umber in the mix you might notice a green appearance to it. The umber will “dirty” the color of the wain and produce a beautiful sable brown appearance. Do this slowly and in small amounts at a time.
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