Secret to a new trendy wood finishing technique 

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IN '92 I BOUGHT MY ALL-TIME BEST CONGAS FROM LP CALLED GIOVANNI GALAXY. I FOUND A VIDEO ON HOW THEY WERE FINISHED AND THIS ONE OF YOURS IS THE CLOSEST. MANY THANKS AS THIS TECHNIQUE IS VERY NEW!!

Great video! This would be a great look to update outdated natural oak kitchen cabinets and doors.

Later this year I will be building a guitar out of ash, and was looking for some tips on how to do this kind of finish. This video was really helpful, thanks for sharing!

Wes, you'll get a kick out of this. My dad built our house in the mid 50s. He designed most of it, and it was a fairly modern style. He built the cabinets for the home, and our kitchen was and the master batch cabinets were done in this fashion. He called it "Silver Fox" technique. This brought back SO many memories of growing up in that house. Thank you for re-discovering it.

the white gray looks awesome

1st time here; very cool Wes! Very cool. I was researching a method of staining in black. A more contemporary look for a Bakers rack I am building out of 1" rounded 1/8" aluminum. TIG welded. The wood I chose more out of economics for my sister-in-law, select 3/4 pine from HD which is lovely and clean. I burned a Mapel 2" slab for a job and used an epoxy clear bar top and it came out almost 3-dimensional, totally cool. Can't burn 3/4" anything, so wanted to try black stain. I would of got oak but didn't know. I will be learning more in the weeks to come from "Woodworking with Wes" good times

I'm just so glad I find u now Sir. Just in the right time. Thx for sharing experiences. From Syria.. All respect

Spectacular! Well done Wes!

I am with you on the red oak, it’s my fav also. Love that look, and I have subscribed to your channel to learn from you. Thank you sir.

Thank you for the piece of wisdom.

Hell Yeah so glad I found this video!

Thank you. I enjoyed your video

Thanks for useful tips and detailed explanation.

Cómo puede ser tan bella y noble una madera tan común. ❤️

Made to look easy, great skills Wes!

Been using this technique for years. There are a whole lot of kitchens around with this finish.

Neat! Questions: * What type of paint did you use? * How did you seal the paint? * What did you use for your glazing? * What did you do the top coat? Neat process

That is seriously awesome work man! I love the way they came out :)

Been doing this for years on repurposed furniture getting it wet will naturally raise the grain as well then stain it or paint it then glaze and sand clear coat. I can match floors or any color paint to use as a base color. Burning it will also reduce the softer part of the grain and combined makes it feel like it looks.

Looks awesome

Wes what a cool idea! You insprin' me, I'm bout to stain my coffee table somethin' like this, thanks bro!

Both look beautiful.

Hi 👋 it’s cool video and thank you 🙏 so much !!

That's amazing job,

Great technique! Looking forward to more! Subscribed!

Great technique Wes ! Thanks for sharing it with us, another great video 👍👍

great vid great vibes

Thank you, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

man... ive seen every damn layered glaze combo imaginable in the industry(furniture). This has been done a lot. I seen some Bernhart with that recent.

Hey Wes, how well do you think this would work with cedar spindles? Obviously the Makita wheel wouldn't work well given their shape, but if I can streamline bringing out the grain on those (sandblaster seems too harsh, but maybe not?) then that'd be really cool. But I'm wondering if you think cedar has the right kind of grain for this. Thanks, Clair

Subscribed! Awesome video!

Great tips

OK! Here is my update from using Sherwin-Williams Sherwood Kem Aqua Plus Clear WB. Sprayed two coats of Behr satin enamel paint on a large wine hutch w/ built in hickory wine rack (that was hit with lacquer) Flawless. Turned out great! Laid on easy, melted into each coat well, no bubbling or peel of the paint. I did a few test pieces on various woods and here are the results: Oil based stain on maple ply: Two coats, no sanding between (30 minutes apart) no issues. I did place a third just to see and without sanding I did get some micro bumps in various spots. I wouldn't do 3 again on oil based stain. Clear maple: No issues Maple with oil based stain: No issues Unsanded select pine: No issues, not even grain raise. Walnut: No issues, though it was pretty dull. I would opt for urethane or oil top coat on this for sure. OVERALL: Definitely like the product and will use again for pretty everything, unless it's a walnut or natural wood requiring a pop finish. I'm going to talk to the techs at Sherwin-Williams and look into a tint to help with the "dull" look on natural woods. Hope this is helpful for all!

Great information, learned a lot 👍👍👌😊

Great work! Looking for a method similar to this to try!!

LOVE THAT BLACK ONE ON THE LEFT...;)

Very informative!!!

Quality of video and work is amazing,... 👍

Nice secret 007.Thnaks

This technique works extremely well with soft wood (Douglass Fer) I make outdoor seating benches I prime the stock first after dried I take that wire brush holding it at a 45* start to brush the wood vigorous, that's it Clean then paint One or Two tones One tone, grains pop very nice It also feels good to the touch

perfect job

It’s a beautiful technique and you shared it well. Let me tell you, though, how my heart sank to learn the wood has to be painted first. I just spent 3 days stripping and sanding the paint off my wood stair treads! Sob!

Very nice!

Beautiful

Very helpful ❤

Also works on pine... nice video.

THANKS

jolly good stuff:] I have ripped some logs and would love to try this.

THat is so nice finish work

Sar amazing your working toolsAnd amazing your working skillYou are a master of techniqueWooden workAnd I am your studentVery beautiful work you sir

nice work

Could you use wood dye and glaze to create a similar effect? I've commented on various ones of your videos having different questions. One last question: Can this be done on oak plywood? I'm pretty sure it can, but was just wondering.

Cerused or limed finishes were big back in the 1950s and early 1960s. There is nothing new about this technique. Still, good to see videos on it. Thanks.

Excellent

Hi Wes, turned out beautiful, question for you, my cabinets are oak in the white wash finish. I now want to change n go for a dark stain finish. What color would I need to paint them to b able to get that effect?

Thank you so so much for showing this process. I'm from Manchester but am living and working in Dhaka, Bangladesh currently. I am getting some furniture made using Indian Gurjan/Balsam (Dipterocarpus turbinatus) commonly referred to as a 'metal wood' because it's quite durable and hard and furniture made from it lasts generations. Do you have any experience working with SE Asian hard woods and staining it this way? Thanks a lot mate

Thanks for the nice and simple explanation I just hit like and subscribe thanks again.

I might have to try this on a rifle stock. I feel like this will allow to give it a distinct look.

Thanks

Love your channel! I am refinishing a tabletop. I’m interested in this technique for sure. It’s made of Malaysian oak/Rubberwood. Would this work well with this type of wood? Thanks!

You are genius sir

Pure Awesomeness

Would something like this work to do a faux spalted look? So instead of a colored paint a clear coat. Then sealer ( what kind of sealer would you use by the way?) And then the dark glaze and a final sealer?

Guitar makers have been doing this finish for about 10 years with ash, mahogany, and other woods with strong grains with open pores. We call it "dog hair" finishes, because it recalls the varied patterns of dog breeds. We don't just use black and white - we use red, green, blue, silver, and yellow, too.

Excellent video and a true craftsman. This video is so well done. But I just wanted to say. The two colors of finish both of which are beautiful btw,.. would be better defined if you taped the same one piece board down the center but the same grain and sealed on one buried level just to showcase the offset of the effect of the offset of finishes but better recognized when it's viewed on the same grain profile...? If that came out correctly. All thumbs up.

Nice

I love this look, thank you for sharing! You mentioned this technique only works with certain types of wood, could I do this with mango wood?

Wes, Thanks for this video. I have sanded reclaimed white oak for an outdoor table top. Instead of using white/black combination, I will just use Minewax Simply White, wiping it then brushing it, until I get the desired effect. Then, because it will be used outside, apply Helmsman® Spar Urethane. Will this give me the "ceruse" look and the outdoor protection or do I have to use an exterior stain.

Look up "Cerused finish" or "Cerusing" It can also be done using Liming Wax so check that out too.

Hi Wes, great job!! Currently remodelling our kitchen and I have a quick question. You mentioned that you sprayed the paint, SEALED it, and then put the glaze on (2:30). What do you mean by this sealing step? What or why did you use? I haven't seen the sealing step in your other video about cerused oak. Thanks! (I am suspecting you mean priming, but doesn't the primer seal everything?)

Hi Wes love your videos I know nothing about wood but learning all the time with your videos,I have a dark mahogany table that my mother was throwing away but would love to bring it back to life with that black/white glaze Would I be able to do this on dark mahogany using your method white grain with Black Finnish… 😘

you should try mono coat, you put the pre colour on first and the oil on 2nd the oil has a hardener that you add to it, its a very durable finish used for floors but you can use it on any projects

Hello, those are beautiful designs. I am going to paint an unfinished mahogany guitar body. Would this work on Mahogany as well? Thank you.

Very good my friend

Would this work for flame maple? I want to stain the top of a guitar (flame maple) white and use black glaze to bring out the figuring. Would this technique work or is maple too dense of a wood?

Hello, do you sand at the end to eliminate texture on the wood or do you leave it with texture?

Porter Cable makes a similar tool, they call it a "restorer." I have one and use it often for distressing, and semi-removing paint for that aged and peeling look.

Beautiful, can this be done to hardwood floors?

I had some old kilz laying around and got some glaze and it worked great. I didn't have much of the paint and had to get different paint and when I added glaze the paint smeared everywhere. What kind of paint do I need to keep it from smearing?

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Should it only be done on flat sawn wood? How do you keep wide panels from cupping if it is all flat sawn?

Pretty cool! Probably won’t work well on cedar fence pickets would it?

Do you think using the nylon brush on walnut would give a similar, albeit less dramatic result?

Wes, could you provide details on your spray system? Thanks you in advanced!

After you sprayed the first coat of paint, what did you seal with? That wasn’t shown. Was it a coat of laquer? Satin, or does it matter? Thanks

Ive been doing this finish at my job for the last 10 years. We call it ceruse

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Great video!! Can you please tell me what kind of paints you used? The black is stain as you said, but what type of paint is the white?

I did this on treads on a circular staircase. Will a lacquer be a durable enough finish? I don’t want my great work to get beat up too soon. I think a couple coats of lacquer might suffice.

You said you seal it on the black one, so the step is, spray the black paint, sealer, apply the white glaze and wipe the gaze. last one is top coat. Is it correct...?

Hi there, I really want to try this on my table but I am trying to figure out what type of wood it is. It's from the late 1800s. Any suggestions on how I cand find out? I think it might be spruce.

Hello Wes, I have a table that is veneer covered but with the same texture, the color is deep brown, you think I could change the color of it, it is 11 years old and has some chips but very miner, could you advise me on how I could may change the color and modernize it, I wanted it in a white-sh color maybe and not so brown Thx

Is it safe for flooring wood? Or maybe need adding something more?

Before you put the glaze on, which finish of paint did you used? water base paint or oil base paint?

I'm looking to do a black stain base on oak with a metallic gold ceruse as the accent... which product would you recommend for the ceruse? I used a Minwax True Black stain and I'm having trouble with too much of the accent being left covering the non-grain parts and over-vigorous steel-wooling removed too much of the stain. I really want a clean Black base with gold grain.

That makita tool also works well on shousugiban.

So the way you demonstrated the spray technique was different to your explanation. In the video demonstration, you showed the base colours being sprayed, then you showed the glaze colour going on top of that and wiping it down. In your explanation, you stated that you sprayed on the base colour, 'sealed it' (?), then applied your glaze coat, sanded that with a sponge sandpaper, then topcoated it. Is that correct? Very cool look!! I like it! I guess that this wouldn't work with pine? Not as grainy as the hardwoods.

Geez O peet’s...Love it!!

What kind of paint used Mr. Wes? It is so beautiful! Congratulatiins!