I am working on a cabinet that hopes to match another piece in a client's house. The old piece is an older Drexel Heritage sideboard in knotty pine with lots of small distressing marks, along with larger rasp marks and knife slashes. I'm more accustomed to worm holes in small groupings, but not something that covers larger areas with scratches. The dark marks looks like light scratches.
Do you have a method to create light scratches like this (see attached pics)?
I tried several denting apparatus (hammers, nails, screws, bolts) but the marks were too blunt and not scratch-like. Dragging a nail followed by sanding gets closer. What would you use?
The piece I'm making is knotty soft maple. I'm planning on dying the wood to match the color and then glazing to get the dark edges and fill in the defects. The full finish schedule will be something like: 1lb shellac - alcohol dye - 1lb shellac - dark brown glaze, wipe off excess - multiple lacquer topcoats.
Thanks for any ideas you have in creating this scratched up finish.
ryan