Making New Pine Look Antique

A tutorial on how to make new wood look aged and old.

Making new pine look antique.

The second one shows a guy with some old wood making it look even older but mentions how it could be used to make new wood look old. How can i make new very white pine match the rich almost amber orange color of our old pine walls. Then wash your boards in this solution. The wax should be applied using a pad of ultra fine 0000 grade steel wool before buffing.

Anyone can do this it s super easy or the home diy person. In this video i show a quick and easy technique to give new pine wood a more aged and rustic look. A drill brush or furniture brush will increase the shine produced. The easiest way to age wood is with things you probably already have in your kitchen.

Mixing the garnet with a lighter shellac orange or blonde will give you less color. I wrote another post about aging and antiquing that shares some other techniques but today i ll focus solely on making new lumber look old. Old rustic boards are gray and have enhanced grain and plenty of dings and character. This will dig out the softer wood between the grain and give the surface more texture which really helps make new wood look old.

The greyish undertone produced is next waxed with either fiddes stripped pine supreme wax for an old pine look or with fiddes rugger brown supreme wax for an aged dark pine. Replicating that look can be tricky unless you have the right tools glazes and a few tricks up your sleeve. It works especially well on the end grain. A darker colored shellac such as ac garnet will do a great job on most pine.

I don t know what your experience has been in your live but when i was a kid we used to around to different farms in iowa where i grew up and with the farmers permission pick up walnuts off the ground and take them home and husk them and then crack them. More coats will increase the color. Shred the steel wool and add it to the jar. The depth of gray will depend on how long you let the nails sit in the vinegar.

Making new pine look old take vinegar and place plain steel 9 not coated 16 s nails in this for several days.