Rustic Wood Staining Techniques

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Rustic wood staining techniques.

Dry and repeat coats until desired opacity. One of my favorite layering techniques is to use the first base coat color of choice with a whitewash one top followed by another coat of a brown toned stain. It is so easy to work with. I use a water based stain by saman in dark walnut.

A favorite mixture is weathered oak whitewash and jacobean in that order. See more ideas about diy furniture redo furniture furniture makeover. On this particular project i used decoart americana chalky finish crackle medium. Choose stain first you must choose a stain.

Because you are staining the wood it is important to. Then apply a gel stain of any color you want. Prep the surface next begin prepping your wood surface. Materials needed step 1.

Apply stain once your wood is. After texturing use a fine grit sanding sponge of 180 or 220 grit to remove fuzz. After the stain is dry using a sanding block with some 220 grit sandpaper. A variety of pickling stains are available but we recommend going.

Dip rag in mixture and apply it liberally to the wood as you would a stain wiping over it with a rag to evenly. Brush on some crackle coat. Mix paint and water to desired consistency for this example i used equal parts.