[TheForge] Aging wood

[Jeffrey Polaski]

The tough part for me has been to get the texture right... I'd think
that sand blasting would work well. I've found that going over most wood
with coarse steel wool and then working to progressively finer wool
gives a nice hand-worn look. 

For color I use tubes of artist's oil paint. Usually earth tones like
raw/burnt sienna/umber. 


Jeff Polaski
RGS Webmaster
(949) 824-6363


-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of PlumDon at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 1:05 PM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] Aging wood

We have frequently discussed rusting and aging iron but I have a client
for  
whom I have made a bee hive oven coals scraper and she wants the whole
thing  
aged...including the six foot handle. The iron has come up nicely but I
have 
no  clues as to how one might age wood. I have done the handle in 1-1/4"

poplar.
 
They are not trying to pass it off as an antique they just want it to
match  
a lot of the other old stuff they have. Also they intend to use it for
this  
Thanksgiving when they cook a turkey in the oven. 
 
Any suggestions much appreciated. 
 
Don Plummer
 



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