Does anyone recall an article in FWW within the last year that covered the process in order to “paint” faux tiger maple stripes on plain wood (ie plywood). I am building a “linen press” made up of solid tiger maple and quarter-sawn maple plywood. the plywood is, obviously, plainer than the tiger maple. I’d like to explore a technique to add “figure” to the plywood.
any suggestions?
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If you can get hold of a copy of The Art of Faux by Pierre Finkelstein, Chapter 5 is pretty much the definitive manual for doing faux wood effects. You might as well start with the best.
Michael R
hey, Pierre has the same last name as me, so I've got to do it!
It's in issue #157, August 2002, in the Finish Line column, "The Art of Faux Graining".
John W.
There are graining tools available.
How do you do curly grain with a graining tool? It's a pretty simple technique, but I use a spalter or a chip brush and a badger softener.
I don't do it--just know about it.Gretchen
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