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   SgianDubh | May 04, 2007 01:58am | #1

   Boil a kettle and make a pot of tea, nice and strong. Pour yourself a cup, add milk, sit back and enjoy your tea-break

   Let the rest of the tea in the teapot cool and brush some on a sample piece of your wood. Then have a look at the products on the Fiddes web site here, http://www.fiddes.co.uk/content/index.html and see if you can find similar waxes to those described on their web page in the area where you live.

   None of the above may work, but we Brits do sometimes employ unusual things for wood finishing, and the tea might get you going in the right direction. Slainte. 

   Richard Jones Furniture

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   STANLEIGH | May 04, 2007 04:52am | #2

   Thank You Soooo.. Much Sir,  If I could ask one more question,.. The wax on the mockup has a hint of grey to it almost like rottenstone was added, is that a (of the shelf) item at fiddes or should I make it? My English Master I apprenticed under would melt wax in a double broiler and add rottenstone and alllow the wax to cool again,. Is that method common for "Brit" finishes?

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   SgianDubh | May 05, 2007 11:52am | #5

   The rottenstone would probably have been added to the mix for a bit of extra abrasion. The extra abrasion might be useful during the buffing process to help smooth out any slight roughness. Rottenstone and wax used on unfilled open textured woods like oak and ash would lodge in the open pores. It shows as a greyish part fill with some similarities to a liming job, aka pickling in the US. On Baltic pine, a fine textured wood there wouldn't be too many places for the rottenstone to lodge.

   It's not an everyday technique, but the rottonstone and wax mix is one I've heard of before.

   I can't tell what your end product is supposed to look like exactly. I can guess, but a coloured wax used over bare wood will give colour, even on a fine textured wood. It's debatable how protective this finish used alone would be. Protection may, or may not, matter depending upon how the end result is used. For example, compare wall panelling  to a kitchen table top. The former is seldom touched and the latter gets dog's abuse most days. Wax alone wouldn't be my first choice for a heavily used table, but it might very well be okay for wall panelling. Slainte.Richard Jones Furniture

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   STANLEIGH | May 04, 2007 05:19am | #3

   Any comment on Fiddes Pine Water Stain?

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   SgianDubh | May 05, 2007 12:00pm | #6

   Never used it Stanleigh, but no doubt it comes under the generic name of 'aniline' dyes, being a predetermined mix suitable for colouring up various woods, including pine. The Fiddes website describes its use adequately, although I noticed that the samples on the web page are applied to oak, not pine. Slainte.Richard Jones Furniture

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   ring | May 04, 2007 12:05pm | #4

   Any chance you could post a good photo of what you're aiming for?

   David Ring

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