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Thread: What causes the patina on 19th century workbenches?

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    If you'd like to reproduce it, PW had a blog post about "Pumpkin Pine" here
    Sharp solves all manner of problems.

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    Rob - thank you for posting that. That may be a pretty spot on match for the color at least; I'll have to try that on some pieces soon!

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    Another option that might be worth trying is water based dyes. There is a large assortment of colors available, they are not very expensive, easy to use, and you can mix what you need. I use several of those to mimic the color you are describing. Lee Valley carries them (Lockwood I believe) as do others. Trans tints are very good to use as well. You might even got the Homestead forum and Jeff might have the perfect "formula" as he has been there and done most of it. I stained the maple I used for the edges of my bench. The base is cherry (no stain) and I wanted to lessen the contrast a bit. One last thought - tea. Yep, a strong tea solution makes a good stain. Matter of fact, my tea stirrin' stick is a beautiful color after several years of use (tiger maple). Experiment. Have fun with it. Make it what YOU want!

    Seems like there used to be a pumpkin pine stain available?


    Tony

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