Old Barn Wood Finish

[hauntedmyst]

 

[gamzultovah]

What’d it look like before?

 

[hauntedmyst]

Originally like this. Nice but boring. Then I tried getting it like the verdigris finish but it wasn't coming out right, so I tried an idea for old barn wood.

 

[Ahi Ka]

That would look stunning with a Paua shell accent

 

[mso489]

I rather like it. When Two Cousins were in business doing pipe racks with compartments for tobacco, my wife got me a gift card for a custom-made rack. I proposed to them a faded red barn wood finish. They did a wonderful version, but doubting my resolve, sent along pictures of it and an alternate rack with more conventional color, in case I'd prefer that. Also, they may have had compliments on the barn wood version, so figured it was pre-sold anyway. But I assured them I wanted it, and it is a beauty. I've had it for about ten years now. It's not only a rack and tobacco storage, but also the central shrine of my piping where my loftiest treasure pipes reside. A Ferndown, a Ser Jacopo, a Nording zebra hunting pipe, and so forth.

 

[gamzultovah]

I rather like it. When Two Cousins were in business doing pipe racks with compartments for tobacco, my wife got me a gift card for a custom-made rack. I proposed to them a faded red barn wood finish. They did a wonderful version, but doubting my resolve, sent along pictures of it and an alternate rack with more conventional color, in case I'd prefer that. Also, they may have had compliments on the barn wood version, so figured it was pre-sold anyway. But I assured them I wanted it, and it is a beauty. I've had it for about ten years now. It's not only a rack and tobacco storage, but also the central shrine of my piping where my loftiest treasure pipes reside. A Ferndown, a Ser Jacopo, a Nording zebra hunting pipe, and so forth.

Picture please? (Now I’m curious)

 

[STP]

Looks more like drift wood. I say this because I just installed floors that look similar. Regardless, it’s a unique finish. Nice job ?

 

[mso489]

My wife's iPhone, my picture source for this purpose, isn't speaking to my Mac PC, not for email recipes she forwards to print, and not for pictures. We are dismally low tech. However, I'd like to post this pipe rack, but likely not this thread. My apologies.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Looks more like drift wood. I say this because I just installed floors that look similar. Regardless, it’s a unique finish. Nice job ?

I was going to say the same thing…. Except the flooring part.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Love that pipe.
Please would you tell us how you achieved the effect.

 

[bullet08]

Looks like my deck from previous house that I didn't do weather protection for 17 years. I liked it, but nobody else did. Should have kept my broken down Honda next to it to really piss off the lawn Nazis.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Love that pipe.
Please would you tell us how you achieved the effect.

After stripping the finish off, I mixed Fiebings Black 1 to 4 with alcohol and stained it. Then I give it alcohol baths and wiped it down until it got to the level that it looks like now. After drying, I gave it a heavy yellow carnauba polish which gave it a warmer tone.