Greetings,
I posted this on May 31 but it never showed up on my Outhouse Excuse so I
don't know if it made it to the newsgroup or not... so here's a repost.
Thank goodness for copy and paste. :-)
My SWMBO wants me to build a headboard for our bed and wants a blue "washed"
stain finish, something I've not done before. I'm not sure of the technique
but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it or get advice from
Lowe's or Sherwin Willy's. If anyone here has any tips on here, I'd sure be
grateful.
My primary question is, though, what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar,
Maple? I assume I need a light-colored wood and that it would need to be
thoroughly sanded so that the blue doesn't make sander marks show up.
Any clues?
Thanks in advance, you guys are always great.
Will H
You (she) might like milk paint.
--
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com/woodshop
"wch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
>
> I posted this on May 31 but it never showed up on my Outhouse Excuse so I
> don't know if it made it to the newsgroup or not... so here's a repost.
> Thank goodness for copy and paste. :-)
>
> My SWMBO wants me to build a headboard for our bed and wants a blue
"washed"
> stain finish, something I've not done before. I'm not sure of the
technique
> but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it or get advice from
> Lowe's or Sherwin Willy's. If anyone here has any tips on here, I'd sure
be
> grateful.
>
> My primary question is, though, what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar,
> Maple? I assume I need a light-colored wood and that it would need to be
> thoroughly sanded so that the blue doesn't make sander marks show up.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks in advance, you guys are always great.
>
> Will H
>
>
>
>
Wed, Jun 2, 2004, 5:58pm (EDT-3) [email protected] (wch) speaks
thusly:
Greetings,
I posted this on May 31 but it never showed up on my Outhouse Excuse so
I don't know if it made it to the newsgroup or not... so here's a
repost. <snip>
Yeah, it made it. If you checked, you'd have seen it. I gave my
experience. If you want to know what I said, you can look it up, damn
if I'm gonna repeat it.
JOAT
If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
for later.
- JOAT
"wch" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Cool, thanks... anyone have experience with this stain?
>
> Again, any suggestions on what kind of wood to use?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Will
I haven't used the pastel, but I fairly regularly use the minwax water
based colored red, white, and blue stain.
http://www.minwax.com/products/woodstain/waterbased.cfm
The wife is a history teacher and loves these for little cute
decorating nick-nacks, pencil boxes, and poster backers.
I've used them on Lowes "Whitewood", "Hardwood plywood", and BC
plywood.
"Whitewood" - the stain looked great by itself. Not much grain, but it
blended well.
BC Plywood - Grain pretty contrasty. Condition the wood with 1#
dewaxed shellac or a wood conditioner first for a smoother blend
"Hardwood Plywood" - Looks great on this stuff.
Shellac goes on great as a top-coat. Love the Critter!
The one advantage to these slap-together projects for school: Tax
deductible as a "Teacher's expense"
Will, not sure if this is exactly what your wife is looking for but check
out Minwax site, lists their pastel stains and instructions.
http://www.minwax.com/products/woodstain/pastels.cfm
--
Mike S.
[email protected]
http://members.tripod.com/n0yii/woodworking.htm
"wch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
>
> I posted this on May 31 but it never showed up on my Outhouse Excuse so I
> don't know if it made it to the newsgroup or not... so here's a repost.
> Thank goodness for copy and paste. :-)
>
> My SWMBO wants me to build a headboard for our bed and wants a blue
> "washed"
> stain finish, something I've not done before. I'm not sure of the
> technique
> but I'm probably gonna get online and check into it or get advice from
> Lowe's or Sherwin Willy's. If anyone here has any tips on here, I'd sure
> be
> grateful.
>
> My primary question is, though, what kinda wood to use? Pine? Poplar,
> Maple? I assume I need a light-colored wood and that it would need to be
> thoroughly sanded so that the blue doesn't make sander marks show up.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Thanks in advance, you guys are always great.
>
> Will H
>
>
>
>
Well that's interesting... I've looked under "sent" of May 31, which is the
original date I posted it... under "from" of wch, and under the subject.
Still not in my outhouse. weird. Oh well.
Will
>
> Yeah, it made it. If you checked, you'd have seen it. I gave my
> experience. If you want to know what I said, you can look it up, damn
> if I'm gonna repeat it.
>
> JOAT
> If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
> for later.
> - JOAT
>
Thu, Jun 3, 2004, 7:08am (EDT-3) [email protected] (wch) burbled:
Well that's interesting... I've looked under "sent" of May 31, which is
the original date I posted it... under "from" of wch, and under the
subject. Still not in my outhouse. weird. Oh well.
Appaently looked everywhere. Except on rec.woodworking. Weird.
Oh well.
JOAT
If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
for later.
- JOAT
I'm IN rec.woodworking. It's NOT on my outlook. If you want to come to
north idaho and look at my frickin computer so you'll believe me, then
you're more than welcome to... although I'm not under any obligation to
prove anything to you. Anyway, I'm done with this part of the conversation.
If anyone has anything constructive to input regarding the original question
I posted, please do.
Will
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thu, Jun 3, 2004, 7:08am (EDT-3) [email protected] (wch) burbled:
> Well that's interesting... I've looked under "sent" of May 31, which is
> the original date I posted it... under "from" of wch, and under the
> subject. Still not in my outhouse. weird. Oh well.
>
> Appaently looked everywhere. Except on rec.woodworking. Weird.
> Oh well.
>
> JOAT
> If you're offered free wood, take it, period; figure out what to use it
> for later.
> - JOAT
>
Thanks for your input. I'll probably get some scrap pieces of maple, alder,
etc. and see what the test results are.
Will
"Jay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "wch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Cool, thanks... anyone have experience with this stain?
> >
> > Again, any suggestions on what kind of wood to use?
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Will
>
> I haven't used the pastel, but I fairly regularly use the minwax water
> based colored red, white, and blue stain.
>
> http://www.minwax.com/products/woodstain/waterbased.cfm
>
> The wife is a history teacher and loves these for little cute
> decorating nick-nacks, pencil boxes, and poster backers.
>
> I've used them on Lowes "Whitewood", "Hardwood plywood", and BC
> plywood.
>
> "Whitewood" - the stain looked great by itself. Not much grain, but it
> blended well.
> BC Plywood - Grain pretty contrasty. Condition the wood with 1#
> dewaxed shellac or a wood conditioner first for a smoother blend
> "Hardwood Plywood" - Looks great on this stuff.
>
>
> Shellac goes on great as a top-coat. Love the Critter!
>
> The one advantage to these slap-together projects for school: Tax
> deductible as a "Teacher's expense"