Silver Oak Finish

Silver Oak Water Stain

¶ Used on Oak, Chestnut.
Color : dark brown fibre with white pores, not like light gray oak.

¶ Formula:

12 drams bichromate of potash, dry,
12 drams lye, household, dry,
1 gallon water.
Brush on this solution for the first coat and let dry. Sandpaper and clean up.
½ ounce bichromate of potash,
2 ounces sap brown aniline, dry powder, water soluble,
2 ounces nigrosine J, dry, water soluble,
½ ounce naphthol black aniline, dry, water soluble,
1 dram methylene blue 2 B, dry, water soluble.
Brush on, let dry, sandpaper and clean up. No shellac coat is needed to seal this stain.

¶ Filler:

Zinc Oxide in oil and a little dry whiting. Thin to paste form with a mixture of 1 ounce of boiled linseed oil, 1 ounce japan drier and 6 ounces of benzine. Use like a silex filler, rubbing the filler in, letting it set and wiping off across the grain.

¶ Finish:

Paramne wax; heat, thin with ½ turpentine and ½ benzine. Rub to a dull lustre when thoroughly dry.

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