--- Chris Nogy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roy > > Aesthetics notwithstanding, pickling refers to a > thinner-than-standard coat of a material that is applied and then > wiped off, allowing material to remain in the cracks, crevisas, and > end-grain areas. This is then 'finished' with a color, stain, paint, > or clear coat. > > You can use most any finish for pickling, as long as it is thinned at > least 25% more than the standard application viscosity. You will > have to experiment with the time you leave a material on the surface > before wiping. Oils work better than most water-based finishes, > because they don't raise the grain and you don't have to sand the > piece after you pickle with an oil. > > One of the most traditional picklings is to take a handful of > galvanized roofing nails and put them in a jar with while distilled > vinegar for a few days. The galvanizing will dissolve and suspend, > and when applied to wood will give the sun-bleached, light > silver-gray color that most lighter woods take on after time. Then > you finish it with translucent stain, a wash of paint, or clear. > Thanks, I was unclear on that. I pretty much figured it was a deficiency of the auto-translation system or a "usage" problem. Kind of like the thing with get into with the British about "maple", "sycamore", "plane" ... I wouldn't use what we call "sycamore" unless I was making a fake karate video. ( I'm going to try to spell his name again, wish me luck) Herr Gotschy (there, how's that?) replies that he was referring to a water based stain. THE BOOK sez to use it to bring out the wood grain....at least that's what I make of "holtzmasurung" - which went thru the translator unscathed. I tried separating the syllables, but it would completly re-order the sentance. Anyway, I have heard of putting some color into the wood before sanding to increase the texture of the surface. Also of making a compound of nails to get an attractive transparent green into some woods. I'm much more comcerned about playability and tone, so I'd rather ask about aesthetics than experiment. "Stand on the shoulders of giants" so to speak. A nice looking instrument IS important, but it is easier to do it your way than to make up my own. Roy again
