Antique Walnut

Antique Walnut Water Stain

¶ Used on American Walnut.

¶ Formula:

It is very important to sandpaper the wood to a smooth finish and to make it clean. After sanding with No. ½ or No. 0 paper finish up with No. 000 or No. 0000. Get the dust out of the wood pores.
2 ounces loutre R, aniline, dry, water soluble,
1 ounce Indian yellow H, dry, aniline, water soluble,
½ ounce bichromate of potash, dry,
1 gallon of hot water, not boiling.
After thorough mixing brush this stain on evenly and let dry over night. Apply a thin coat of white shellac (2 lbs. of gum shellac in 1 gallon of denatured alcohol). Sandpaper lightly with old used fine sandpaper. Clean up thoroughly.

¶ Filler:

Mix from ¾ white lead in oil and ¼ zinc oxide in oil. Thin just enough to apply with a wad of cloth to rub it into the wood pores. Thin with a mixture of 4 ounces of japan drier, 2 ounces of turpentine and 2 ounces of benzine. Let the filler set long enough to wipe off clean, wiping across the wood grain only with excelsior. The extremely white pores after filling will be subdued by the final finish.

¶ Finish:

Shellac, ½ orange and ½ white, Apply a moderately thick coat, about a 4 pound cut. Sandpaper lightly and clean up well. Wax with any good prepared wax or mix one.

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