TRANSFORM NEW WOOD TO LOOK OLD

Let me show you one way I take lumber that has not been weathered and create a silvered vintage or driftwood look to it.

This is a farmhouse table I built and did with this technique to the top.

ROUGH RAW WOOD ABOVE

SMOOTH FAUX FINISH BELOW

STEP #1

paint your boards with watered 

down grey chalk paint

let dry

STEP #2

lightly drag dark wax over the grey

paint in the direction of the grain

STEP #3

apply generous amounts of clear wax over the dark wax

the clear wax is going to fill in the rough boards and muddy the dark wax

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STEP #4

Continue applying as many layers of dark wax & clear wax

to achieve the look you want, always dragging your dark wax rag lightly in the direction of the grain

STEP #5

do the same steps to the edges

STEP #8

finish with a generous layer of clear wax

filling divots to make them smooth and buffing the

surface to a shine

NIGHT TABLE TOPS

I replaced the tops of these night stands
with lumber finished with this look

COFFEE TABLE TOP

I used this technique to match weather lumber

with fresher boards on our coffee table.

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