How to create this finish?

[Michael Costa]

Does anyone know how to create this finish? Anyone know what it's called?

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[Paul F Franklin]

Looks like a variation of pickling or whitewashing where most of the white has been wiped away. A search for pickled wood finish will find you plenty of info on techniques.

[Wayne Lomman]

Its a limed white colour technique that works well with white pigment stain. Surface preparation needs to be artistically rough in places so that the white stays in the defects. The best way is to finish the job with usual care and then scuff/dent/scratch etc in a way that replicates a somewhat battered look. This is harder than it sounds.

The stain is hand applied and wiped off taking care not to wipe too deep into corners and defects so that the white highlights are retained. Clear coat with your usual system allowing for a white tinted toner midway through to tidy up the colour matching. There is another thread in the last week or two where I went into the techniques a bit more. Cheers

[Michael Costa]

Wayne, I attempted to find that thread you mentioned but gave up after about 30 minutes. (Well, I did get sidetracked a bit reading stuff that caught my attention). Could you point me in the right direction to that thread or at least provide a title? Thanks

[Jared Sankovich]

Try searching for "Cerused oak" as that is typically what that style of finish called.

[Wayne Lomman]

It's a thread called white washed straight grained oak started by Bill Adamson a week or two ago. Cheers

[Bennett Ostroff]

If it were me, I’d try brushing on Zinsser BIN shellac-based white primer, let it dry for an hour or two, and sand back with 120 or so and see if that gives the effect you see there. If so, you’d be ready to go straight to topcoat.

[Michael Costa]

Thanks Bennet. I'll be doing several trial runs.