Posted by Vern Hallett on August 22, 2018 at 1:04pm
Decided to build a RR-CBG. Got this far now I need some advice on making the poplar neck look old and used.Suggestions welcome, please, thank you.
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There was a thread back in the original google group about the steel wool & vinegar, wouldn’t be surprised if found some pictures of this method in here?
I have some home made black walnut stain for a dark base coat and various color wood stains to mix with a bit of "light golden" Thompson's deck stain/sealer for a top coat after sanding. I don't have any acrylic paint at the moment Uncle John but I do like the way you do the relic thing. Found some rusty tuner screws to replace the carpet tacks holding the resonator. They look much better.
In art school, we used to make wood wackers to make aged frames. Take a scrap board about 2 ft. Pound nails through it, screws, screw eyes to attach short chunks of chain and any metal junk to make dents in the framing lumber. Then wack the crap out of the thing to be “aged”. Follow with random coarse wood rasping. Sand with fine sandpaper to wear out the damage till it feels smooth and antique. I like espresso wood stain by Minwax to bring out the texture. Fine sand after stain drys to bring out the highlights.
Check out The Woodwisperer a d look for the u-tube video about using baking soda to age wood. I don't know if it will be of any help as I've not watched it, but it's worth a try. If I come up with other suggestions, I will let you know.
Vern, I paint the necks lightly with acrylic paint and then sand off the finger board to show some grain, sand off the play spots and then give it a coat or two of polly. They look old to me. I also use some barn red and black craft paint to rustify the metal. That reso metal looks pretty good as is.
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There was a thread back in the original google group about the steel wool & vinegar, wouldn’t be surprised if found some pictures of this method in here?
Some neat tips and tricks to age new wood here . . . https://www.wikihow.com/Age-Wood
Art school sounds like it was fun Dave, kinda violent but fun. ; )
I have some home made black walnut stain for a dark base coat and various color wood stains to mix with a bit of "light golden" Thompson's deck stain/sealer for a top coat after sanding. I don't have any acrylic paint at the moment Uncle John but I do like the way you do the relic thing. Found some rusty tuner screws to replace the carpet tacks holding the resonator. They look much better.
In art school, we used to make wood wackers to make aged frames. Take a scrap board about 2 ft. Pound nails through it, screws, screw eyes to attach short chunks of chain and any metal junk to make dents in the framing lumber. Then wack the crap out of the thing to be “aged”. Follow with random coarse wood rasping. Sand with fine sandpaper to wear out the damage till it feels smooth and antique. I like espresso wood stain by Minwax to bring out the texture. Fine sand after stain drys to bring out the highlights.
Vern,
Check out The Woodwisperer a d look for the u-tube video about using baking soda to age wood. I don't know if it will be of any help as I've not watched it, but it's worth a try. If I come up with other suggestions, I will let you know.
Vern, I paint the necks lightly with acrylic paint and then sand off the finger board to show some grain, sand off the play spots and then give it a coat or two of polly. They look old to me. I also use some barn red and black craft paint to rustify the metal. That reso metal looks pretty good as is.
Check here: https://mountainmodernlife.com/how-to-make-new-wood-look-old/