Hi, I’m having some problems with an oak table. It wasn’t big enough so I cut it in 2 and inserted in the middle a new piece of oak. Now the colours don’t match. The older wood is slightly yellow and the new is like normal oak. I heard something about tanning it with tea ? Any other recommendations ? My apologies for my poor english, i’m from Belgium.
Edited 12/13/2004 6:05 pm ET by plankske
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What kind of finish is on the old oak? (Ide bet it was a honey oak finish)
you could strip down the old sides and re-finish the hole table,new peice and all.
If there is no finish, Ide try lightly sanding, and re-finishing.
If the yellow or amber look is what you are looking for, Ide try amber shellac,thats If this table is not going to be used for everyday use.if it is, I would finish it with a mid-wax honey oak and a polyurethane top coat.(I like ZAR's poly.but there are lots of polys. on the market.)
Good luck.
and let us know how it turns out!
You could use tea, but the strength of the brew determines the coloring. It's probably best to test on scrap first, with a few different commercial stains, then apply a sealer.
If you still have a few scraps from the board you added, I would get a variety of stains to mix and match to the old color. Try looking at it in some good natural light and see what the under tones of the color are. Perhaps brown, orange, red, and maybe even a bit of green. Mix a few different colors of stain for samples to try on the scrap board and see what comes close. Just a few teaspoons of each color will do for the test pieces. MAKE SURE YOU KEEP TRACK OF THE AMOUNTS OF COLORS YOU MIX. Write the formula on the back of each piece. You need to be able to repeat the formula for the table top. Trial and error is the key. The more trial the less error.
good luck.
Andy
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