Peter:
Made most of an oak tool chest for eldest son’s Christmas gift, and expect to finish it before too long (at least by next Christmas). Have been thinking about glazing the thing for some visual texture. It is white oak. For now it just has a wash of seal coat. I will keep the body moderately light in color, and thought that the moldings and details might look good with darkening in the low spots (raised panel and frame lid, other raised details).
Any advice for the shoplorn?
Joe
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Dear Shoplorn,
If you want to do some glazing I would get a little more body of shellac on there or when you glaze, it will end up staining the wood.
I just had a chance to use some General Finish Gel stain as a glaze. It was pretty good. The color Brown Mahogany is basically burnt umber a nice warm chocolate brown. That may do the trick.
Just a thought; when I use a gel as a glaze I'll also use some glaze base. Ben Moore and Zinseer both make one. It's a colorless base that makes a great vehicle for color. It's quite viscous so I'll cut it down to about the viscosity of medium cream or half and half. You get the idea. Then add the gel to this until you get the color strength you want. To read it as you go, have a white paper plate at hand and put some color on it (about the size of a quarter) and draw it out. You'll clearly see the strength or lack of the color in your glaze. Adjust accordingly.
You won't need much to do what you are planning either. Also, use a dry brush technique when coloring the edges. Back brush it; pull your brush against the adjacent surface as opposed to brushing it into the recess. It will look far better, you'll see.
Another thought. Why not use a colored filler to accentuate the pores a little? You don't need to fill them as if you were making a formal, flat finish but just enough to color them.
I've done golden brown white oak with a pale whitish filler. That will make the purists cringe! It was subtle and dramatic at the same time. To "lime " oak you could use the shellac as a barrier and then fill the pores with white filler or wax.
Let me know how you do.
Peter
I like to idea of accentuating the pores. A bit of light or dark filler applied over the washcoat and then rubbed off? More shellac to seal it?I don't quite follow on the dry brushing of the glaze...Shoplorn
Yes on the shellac after the filler has dried well.
On the dry brushing; I'll lightly dampen my brush with a few drops of mineral spirits prior to using it. That's standard procedure.
I'll put some glaze or gel on a paper plate, rub the bristles around in it, then remove all the excess. Dry brush.
You may find that having a little more on the brush will work a little better when back brushing. You'll have to find your technique.
Another application I'll use is to "pounce" the glaze into corners. That technique is using the brush in a straight up and down motion and basically tapping the surface.
Now back to the BlackhawksWild game. I played today and before I knew it I had four goals scored on me. I was wondering what the ##$&&**was going on. So was my defence. We ended up coming back 7-5.
By the way interesting moniker
PG
Maybe you needed to do a little more "pouncing" into the corners to block those goals.More shellac or other topcoat over the glaze?J
Edited 1/19/2009 10:06 pm ET by Joe Sullivan
Funny guy.
If the glaze is used to accent the overall scheme, I would lock it in with the shellac and or topcoats.
If I use it just around interior edges on moldings, areas that will rarely be touched in any way, I'll just leave it. If that is the plan go ahead with your finish schedule as desired.
Shouldn't you be working on something else??
PG
"Shouldn't you be working on something else?"Yes, as you well know. I have just been avoiding it. Probably tackle it later this week. Barf,J
Joe,
Another thing to consider; if you plan on using a glaze as a final treatment around and in molding depressions, you could just use a colored wax. If you don't have any furniture wax; do you ever shine your shoes?
PG
Peter:My shoes are shined. However, usually it is done by some nice person at the airport or in an office building lobby. Still, I do take your point.J
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