Antiquing

[Ky_Whittler]

I have been doing a lot of reading and looking at other carvers work lately. I never antiqued before. I always used just a clear coat. What are some of hte methods the rest of you use?

I've already tried nuetral shoe polish as one. It leaves a dull sheen but not exactly what I like. Whittler

[Nancy-G]

Antiquing has been a big problem for me for the last 12- 13 years, since Delta Ceramcoat stopped making theirs. A couple of years ago I settled on a mixture of a big glob of Winsor & Newton Liquin, a little dab of burnt umber oil paint and a tiny splash of paint thinner or mineral spirits. For me, over my acrylic paint, (and over Al Longo's oil paint) this has worked just fine.
Just a week ago Longo phoned me and said he was trying Minwax Gel Stain - Aged Oak #602 - straight from the can and it was perfect. Of course, I ran out and got some. Had to try 4 stores ...Lowe's, Ace Hardware, Sherman Williams Paint and finally success at a lumber yard.
That's what I used on my segment for the tsunami cane. I like the way it looks but it dries so fast you have to be careful.
I had to wet down a piece of rag with paint thinner and scrub the carving to remove the excess stain.
Al says he doesn't have any problem with it drying too fast even on a large carving ???
Good luck. Antiquing is a mystery.

[Bartster]

my antiquing mixture is not that complicatied and alot of caricature carvers use it:
i have mine in a gallon paint can it is boiled linseed oil with some burnt umber oil paint mixed in but whenever the mixture gets low i just dump more linseed oil in so im not sure if it has mich oil paint left in it but when dunk basswood in it it get a nice honey color on the raw wood sorry i dont have exact mixtures for you but thats the way i do it cause when i paint the paint is just a wash then when i antique it the linseed oil makes the color pop maybe soon i will post some pics so yall can see what i mean.

[Hugh]

My experience with antiquing wood is limited to replacing parts on antique furnitue, trying to get them to match. I just used TEA. wasn't perfect, but it did a presentable job.

[rgbonehead]

The best antiquing solution I have found is
boiled linseed oil mixed with a small amount of
raw umber oil paint.mix it up in a jar and its ready
when you are.Takes a lot of mixing after setting awhile.
Ron