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   user-83153 | Jan 26, 2008 02:58am | #1

   Knothead,

   This should give you the info you are looking for.

   http://www.homesteadfinishing.com/htdocs/mission_oak.htm

               Rob

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   KNOTHEAD101 | Jan 26, 2008 04:43pm | #2

   Rob, Thanks for the link. I'm going to try some samples and see what happens. Thanks again.

   KNOTHEAD101                     

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   cowtown | Jan 30, 2008 10:57am | #3

   when yer trying stains etc, put this one in yer basket of thing to try.

   Take a dollop or two of roofing tar, dissolve it in paint thinner, run it through a paint filter and wipe it on the QS oak.

   I dunno what colour yer lookin for, but it is the closest match I've been able to come across for the "classic look", and indeed, it has been confirmed over the years as a refinishers secret for matching old office furntiure finishes.

   Besides, it's cheap and easy.

   Eric in Calgary

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   Ckenney | Jan 30, 2008 04:14pm | #4

   That same finish is available commercially. Walnut Danish Oil uses asphulatum (sp?), i.e. tar) as its coloring agent, according to Flexner. I seal it with a lemon/orange shellac for a little more golden hue, or you can keep it dark brown.Many paths...

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   Lataxe | Jan 31, 2008 01:49am | #5

   Mr head,

   A simple substitute for fuming, which apparently gives variable results somewhat dependent on the amount of tannin is the oak, is to use Van Dyke crystals.  These are water-soluble and made from walnut shells, by all accounts.  Liberon, amongst other finishing product makers, sell them.

   You can make the colour vary in intensity by making a weaker or stronger solution. I've used them to colour a number of oak pieces, from "aged but natural" (ie a browning of the natural oak gold) to "jacobean" (ie very dark brown).

   Lataxe