mckaylodge
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I don’t know if this technique is known among you all as I am a new member. I was in the process of overcoming the production look of a Petersoli walnut stock on a reproduction to get rid of the satin modern spray polymer coating and start oiling the wood but also first add some “age” color. It’s a trick from furniture restorers.
You can add very authentic age color and spot character using an oxidizing chemical. Just does quickly what naturally happens over 50, 100 years.
Apply potassium permanganate (pp) diluted in water with rags. The dilution and variable (or even) application technique should be practiced and worked out perfectly ahead on scrap wood as the result is permanent.
The pp chemical is available as a swimming pool chemical. But I’ve only used HQ from chemical suppliers.
Use your leftover pp for fun and danger: buy a bottle of glycerine from the drug store and pour it on a scrap metal pan or sheet. Then pour on your leftover crystals of purple pp and stand way back.
You can add very authentic age color and spot character using an oxidizing chemical. Just does quickly what naturally happens over 50, 100 years.
Apply potassium permanganate (pp) diluted in water with rags. The dilution and variable (or even) application technique should be practiced and worked out perfectly ahead on scrap wood as the result is permanent.
The pp chemical is available as a swimming pool chemical. But I’ve only used HQ from chemical suppliers.
Use your leftover pp for fun and danger: buy a bottle of glycerine from the drug store and pour it on a scrap metal pan or sheet. Then pour on your leftover crystals of purple pp and stand way back.
