I saw a piece of furniture at the Pottery Barn this weekend. It was
made of mahogany. It was all smooth surface except the door panels
which had a very rough surface -- the grains were about an eighth of
an inch higher than the surface between the grains. It produced a
striated ridge and valley effect.
How is that done?
[email protected] (Never Enough Money) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I saw a piece of furniture at the Pottery Barn this weekend. It was
> made of mahogany. It was all smooth surface except the door panels
> which had a very rough surface -- the grains were about an eighth of
> an inch higher than the surface between the grains. It produced a
> striated ridge and valley effect.
>
> How is that done?
I've seen the same effect on old barn wood. The wood that got exposed
to the weather. The grain wears slower than the soft wood.
Al
Some people use a rotary wire brush to achieve that weathered driftwood
effect. I like it on driftwood, but not much on furniture, myself.
Cheers
Frank
"Never Enough Money" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I saw a piece of furniture at the Pottery Barn this weekend. It was
> made of mahogany. It was all smooth surface except the door panels
> which had a very rough surface -- the grains were about an eighth of
> an inch higher than the surface between the grains. It produced a
> striated ridge and valley effect.
>
> How is that done?
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[email protected] (Never Enough Money) wrote:
> I saw a piece of furniture at the Pottery Barn this weekend. It was
> made of mahogany. It was all smooth surface except the door panels
> which had a very rough surface -- the grains were about an eighth of
> an inch higher than the surface between the grains. It produced a
> striated ridge and valley effect.
>
> How is that done?
Sandblasting perhaps. The sand will eat away the soft wood first and the
rings second since they are generally harder. They also use a wood with
wide growth rings so that the effect is maxamized.
just a guess though. If the overall panel has a slightly "gritty" feel,
sorta like sandpaper, then I'd bet it was sandblasted. Otherwise, some
other method was used.
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Regards,
JP
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