We scored this very red spalted ambrosia cherry table for 50 and refinished it in a restoration hardware style weathered finish.
Weathered oak stain dining table.
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I use a foam brush to put the stain down then wipe off with cotton rags.
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The stain goes on dark but it wipes off and the color is faint.
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Well it was finally time to bring back the beautiful oak of the table.
And for 50 table 10 stain you can t beat it.
The best part about this makeover was it was able to be done in one afternoon and there was no extra steps.
In all my furniture refinishing i have never really stripped a table.
Once that coat of stain dries a couple of hours the scariest step takes place.
I have usually just used chalk paint and updated pieces on a smaller scale.
After stirring the first stain which you ll want to do every couple of minutes throughout the process special walnut i put on my gloves and used a rag to apply the color.
Reactive stains cause a chemical reaction in wood making it look weathered and aged.
Paint on the white pickling stain and immediately wipe it off.
I waited 5 minutes then wiped off any residue waited 20 more minutes then applied a coat of weathered oak.
I did a lot of research about the easiest way to strip a table.
It looked like the weathered oak table that i had drooled over when window shopping at restoration hardware.
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The first layer is minwax weathered oak.
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Crafted from thick planks of kiln dried birch poplar or spruce that are meticulously weathered and distressed then accented with grooves and saw marks to create the look of salvaged lumber.
Changing cherry wood into anything but red is tricky so i tested out several different stains to get exactly the color.
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