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   oldusty | Jul 28, 2008 05:08pm | #1

      jt,

             Some of the deck and fence stains have a weathered look and may work.

                               dusty

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   jtarva | Jul 28, 2008 08:48pm | #2

   Thanks, will look at them.

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   Gretchen | Jul 28, 2008 08:52pm | #3

   What color is this basically?  You don't want to sand it a bit to "renew" the wood?  I don't have a good idea what this will look like and am interested. Thanks.

   Gretchen
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   jtarva | Jul 29, 2008 05:22am | #5

   The wood is mostly gray but some is dark brown. I will post some pictures if I can figure out how to do it.

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   ak | Jul 29, 2008 04:52am | #4

   If the "weathered" look you are talking about is a black color to the pine with heavily raised grain, then I would use a torch on the legs to char the grain, then follow up with a wire brush. The flame chars the new wood and leaves the harder wood in a raised grain state. I use it a lot on cedar and cypress.

   If it's more of a gray tone, then you can use Instant Age from your finish suppliers.

   One more trick is to dissolve steel wool in white vinegar. After letting it sit a few days, you now have an ebonizing solution that also will raise the grain a tiny bit.

   Hope this helps

   Adam King Studio

   Fine Furniture and Antique Restoration

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   jtarva | Jul 29, 2008 05:38am | #6

   I googled Instant Age and came up with Doctor Ben's Weathering Solutions. Is this the product or is there something else.I have used steel wool soaked in vinegar to ebonize oak but I didn't think that there was enough tannic acid in pine to make it work. It would be easy to try because I happen to have a jar of vinegar and steel wool soaking now.Charring the wood with a torch is interesting approach that probably requires some practice. It sounds like the margin between perfection and disaster is not very large. Thanks for your help. John

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   ak | Jul 30, 2008 01:21am | #7

   Instant Age I think is the same as the weathering solution you found. I know that what I'm thinking of is available through Woodworker's Supply: http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=916-892&search=Instant%20AgeYou're right about the pine and its tannic acid content being low. However, I've used this on Cypress with good results. It may not work with Pine. I've not tried it yet. Might want to sample and let me know. Yeah, the torch approach can do more harm than good if you don't watch carefully and progress slowly. It takes me several times to slowly achieve the look I'm after when I use it. Test some samples and see what you think.Adam King Studio

   Fine Furniture and Antique Restoration