[SEL] aging new timber to look old

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Wed Nov 16 15:42:57 PST 2011


Try lightly singeing the surface with a flame 

Tom winland
Ohio

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From: Ed Stoller <edstoller at earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [SEL] aging new timber to look old

I was going to suggest the dirty motor oil too. If it was too black, you 
could wash it with a solvent.

Ed Stoller
New Fairfield,  CT,   USA
www.enginesandmagnets.com
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Subject: Re: [SEL] aging new timber to look old


> Craig,
> A piece of the aging process might include a light sandblasting. That will
> remove a little of the softer wood and leave the grain a little higher,
> something you would see with natually aged wood.
> Then I'd be tempted to wipe the wood down with some really dirty motor
> oil, and rub this back off.
> Curt Holland
> Bessemer City, NC
>
>> Hi,
>>         As the title says, does anyone have any ideas how to age the new
>> timber used on an engine cart so as it looks period to an original
>> looking engine.(ie; not shiny as using a wood preservative will
>> leave it)
>>     Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks, Craig
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