Weathering wood

[Anonymous]

Hi Fred,

You described the colour you want as "that silver tan gray color". I have found that basswood strips retain some of their tan colour if you use a really dilute alcohol/ink mix. Like a babyfood jar full of alcohol to one or two drops of India ink. No more. Thatway the original colour of the basswood (tan) shows through the beginnings of weathering (silver gray).

If that doesn't work, you can try experimenting with bleach, dry brushing with tan, sand and off-white, or other approaches.

Let us know how it works out.

Andrew

[Anonymous]

Both of these methods make the wood darker. I want sun bleached.

[Anonymous]

Both of these methods make the wood darker. I want sun bleached.

[Anonymous]

Alcohol and shoe dye is a classic. Quick and easy. Black shoe dye dissolved in alcohol. I have a dedicated "dye jar"

[Anonymous]

Alcohol and shoe dye is a classic. Quick and easy. Black shoe dye dissolved in alcohol. I have a dedicated "dye jar"

[Anonymous]

Try experimenting with a wash made from few drops of India ink in alcohol - vary the ink/alcohol ratio.
(Or you could just try using DCC, since it seems to eliminate all the world's problems.) [:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Try experimenting with a wash made from few drops of India ink in alcohol - vary the ink/alcohol ratio.
(Or you could just try using DCC, since it seems to eliminate all the world's problems.) [:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Fred,

If you leave it outdoors in the sun and weather for a couple years nature will do it for you [:)]

Dave
Avondale, AZ

[Anonymous]

Fred,

If you leave it outdoors in the sun and weather for a couple years nature will do it for you [:)]

Dave
Avondale, AZ

[Anonymous]

How do you weather new bass wood to look like old sun bleached never been painted oak? I see it a lot in narrow gauge lumber layouts but have never read or figured out how to get that silver tan gray color. FRED

[Anonymous]

How do you weather new bass wood to look like old sun bleached never been painted oak? I see it a lot in narrow gauge lumber layouts but have never read or figured out how to get that silver tan gray color. FRED