Walnut Brown Finish

Walnut Brown Water Stain

¶ Used on Maple, Birch and Other Hard Woods.

¶ Formula:

12 ounces walnut aniline crystals, dry, water soluble,
½ ounce carbonate of soda, dry,
1 gallon hot water.
Mix the above to dissolve well, then strain through cloth. Brush on a coat and let it dry. Sandpaper, clean up.

¶ Filler:

Shellac only, orange.

¶ Finish:

Varnish, dull rubbed or polished with, a high gloss, or flat varnish.

¶ Used on White Pine, Fir, Poplar and Other Soft Woods.

¶ Formula:

10 ounces of walnut aniline crystals, dry, water soluble,
4 drams bichromate of potash, dry,
1 gallon of hot water.
Brush on one coat, let dry and sandpaper. If when sandpapering the raised grain you cut through the color, because the stain did not penetrate deeply, brush on a second coat of stain. Let dry. Rub with a wad of burlap or old fine sandpaper to smooth down the grain if raised by the second stain coat.

¶ Filler:

None required.

¶ Finish:

Orange shellac. Color the shellac a little with walnut R aniline alcohol soluble. Varnish and polish to high gloss. Wax or flat varnish.

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