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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: GrayBeard on January 06, 2013, 03:08:44 pm

Title: Interesting take on "finishing"......
Post by: GrayBeard on January 06, 2013, 03:08:44 pm

Using tea as a staining medium!

http://www.toolgirl.com/toolgirl/2010/03/staining-wood-with-cheap-natural-and-nontoxic-tea.html (http://www.toolgirl.com/toolgirl/2010/03/staining-wood-with-cheap-natural-and-nontoxic-tea.html)

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: Interesting take on "finishing"......
Post by: scotti158 on January 06, 2013, 03:23:48 pm

Cool!

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Post by: etcher on January 06, 2013, 04:17:45 pm

I'm going to have to try that...beautiful effect!

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Post by: Keefie on January 06, 2013, 04:49:20 pm

sounds good, I need to try that myself, I think it will work well on my woodturning too.

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Post by: cdrover(Clyde) on January 06, 2013, 04:54:02 pm

After reading that I remembered being told that all the fixtures, pews,choir stalls at our church were stained with a Coffee mixture. Everything was pine when it was built 122 years ago.  The fixtures still have that rich dark brown color. I think it was finished with varnish.

Title: Re: Interesting take on "finishing"......
Post by: king310 on January 06, 2013, 09:39:25 pm

Has anyone ever used walnut oil?

Title: Re: Interesting take on "finishing"......
Post by: julief on January 07, 2013, 08:27:12 am

Hi King, I use walnut oil with some regularity.  It is a nice finish but a little pricey.  I generally use Danish oil but sometimes, mostly on food related items, I go back to walnut.