Whats the best stain or wax to use to make furniture look old and rustic?

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I would like to know for furniture and exterior doors.

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  1. Noumenon says:
    June 30, 2009 at 11:45 am

    Depending on how rustic you want to go there are several things you can do to distress your furniture before antiquing.

    1. Use an old belt or board and hammer five or six different size finish nails through and use this tool to lightly strike the wood in random areas of furniture. Large screw drivers work well too to strike at different angles. You can be creative and use a scrap piece of wood to try various items and see what kind of depressions they leave.

    2. If the objects are finished you can proceed to sanding the edges till the wood peaks through. Just try to sand with the grain to avoid fake looking sanding marks.

    3. If you want to go the extra step before sanding you can apply several layers of paint and then sand through different areas after dry or wipe away certain spots dry. Let dry before next step.

    4. Use a gel type stain which is thicker and builds more quickly and apply with a rag and then gently wipe away following the grain allowing stain to remain in distress marks and crevices and corners. After getting desired affect proceed to next step. Let dry before next step.

    5. If waterproof finish is desired (for exterior doors or bathroom vanities for instance) apply a exterior varnish and then proceed after dry with antiquing wax till desired patina is achieved.

    6. Enjoy your beautiful work.

  2. John says:
    June 30, 2009 at 11:45 am

    the rules are necessary

  3. bittymoose says:
    June 30, 2009 at 11:45 am

    I love this question! I’m a big fan of prim style.

    Here’s what I do. If you’re OK with doing it, get a hammer or other hard something and just beat the snot out of it.

    Then I run any medium wood stain over it. The stain setlles more into the divots and gives it a very worn in, rustic look!

  4. GenevievesMom says:
    June 30, 2009 at 11:45 am

    Stain it with your favorite brand of oil stain and let it dry a couple of days. Then rub BriWax or another antiquing wax into it and rub to a beautiful shine. The blackening wax will gently build up in the crevices of the trim and give it that aged look. You can find both the stain and the antiquing waxes at Rockler’s website: http://www.rockler.com/CategoryView.cfm?Cat_ID=102

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