If you want to adjust the amount of White Wax anywhere, you can do this using Clear Chalk Paint® Wax – it acts almost like a magic eraser! Dip a lint-free cloth in your Clear Wax and then use it to rub off any White Wax where you don’t want it. Do this while the White Wax is still soft. This week I showed you my faux Restoration Hardware Console Table. I used a combo of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Coco and a homemade Liming Wax to achieve the weathered oak look I was going for.

How to Use Liming Wax on Wood - Techniques | Annie Sloan

Allow a few days to dry before adding the final topcoat. This is to allow any outgassing to happen and the paint layers to harden. Liming wax is a wax that is tinted white. It’s one of the easiest way to achieve a white washed effect.Liming wax, with its transformative properties, is often used for a variety of applications involving wood furniture. One of its most common uses is in furniture restoration, where it gives old, worn-out pieces of furniture a fresh, updated look. By applying lime wax to a piece of vintage furniture, you can enhance its character and give it a modern, stylish appeal while still preserving its original charm. Start with a spotless surface.Clean the wood surface with a sponge dampened with a solution of one teaspoon dish soap and four cups of warm water to remove dust, dirt, and grime fromthe grain and surrounding wood surface. Make a second pass over the wood with a dry rag, then let the wood dry fully. The bottom drawer has two passes of Citristrip, the top two only had one. You can see I didn’t do a good job applying the stripper in a uniform direction on the top one and that made for more work, removing the swirls, later. Remember, the goal is to open the grain without damaging the wood, so be gentle when you sand, especially when using a wire brush or coarse sandpaper. Achieving the best possible result with liming wax requires careful attention to these details. Where to Buy Real Milk Paint’s High-Quality Finishing Waxes

How To Lime Wood - Priory Polishes How To Lime Wood - Priory Polishes

It will probably take 2 to 3 passes to completely remove stain. Just keep apply and scraping and brushing until it looks how you want it. Work the liming wax into the grain of the wood with Liberon Ultra fine Steel Wool (0000) or a lint-free cotton cloth and wipe over with a clean cloth to remove excess. Allow to dry for 3 minutes. If you are interested in using a liming wax on your pinewood, there are a few extra steps to help you achieve the best result. Step 1: Sanding Liming wax, a transformative tool for wood refinishing, adds a whitewashed aesthetic and shine to furniture. Perfect for DIYers and woodworking professionals, it’s a technique ideally used when you aim for a vintage or distressed look while preserving wood’s natural beauty. What Is Liming Wax Exactly?

Take a few tablespoons of wax and put them in another container. I used a good ol’ Red Solo Cup so I could just toss it after I was done.

Liming Wax for a Weathered Oak Finish Homemade Liming Wax for a Weathered Oak Finish

Applying liming wax requires a bit of preparation and a careful process, but the resulting vintage look makes the effort worthwhile. Here, we present the technique in a comprehensive guide that covers every step, from preparation to final buffing. Necessary Tools and Preparation for Applying Liming Wax The key to a good technique is in the wire brush. Using a very stiff wire brush like this one and working in long strokes in the same direction as the wood grain, you can see the pores open a little. You will have to put a little power behind the brush to really get into the wood grain.

The next step is to wipe this clean. What I should have done, is wipe off the excess and then use clear wax to remove the liming wax from the flats and from the areas that didn’t need to be highlighted. Sadly what I did was rub in the liming wax and dry wipe away the excess. The results looked pretty great at first.

Briwax Liming Wax White 220g - Lenehans.ie Briwax Liming Wax White 220g - Lenehans.ie

At this stage I can still play about with it, so I’m going to take a little bit of Clear Wax and maybe just try along the edge, and that will just take it… it’s like an eraser: it rubs it away. And it might just make it more apparent. I could just do the edge there and keep this bit whiter. You may choose to sand if you have a sander. If you don’t have one, you can skip this. All my sander did was take off some dried Citrustrip clumps. Apply Liberon Liming Wax with a pad of Liberon Ultra Fine Steel Wool (Grade 0000). You can also choose one of the coloured waxes such as the Liberon Special Effects Waxes as well. Apply the wax liberally in a circular motion until it fills the grain covering the whole piece of furniture. Allow to dry for five to 10 minutes. The result should be a contrast in colour between the wood and the wax. Have you been watching the new Poldark series? Apparently I’ve been watching it way too much, because I had a dream recently about Ross Poldark.

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If you wish to enhance the effect, colour the wood with Liberon Palette Wood Dye before applying the liming wax. Liberon Palette Wood Dyes are available in a wide selection of wood shades. Ceruse—a white lead-based pigment—first made history in the 16th century as a cosmetic for European high society before it ever wound up on furniture. So when it was repurposed by craftsmen into a decorative finish for wood, the technique was dubbed cerused wood. The resulting weathered white finish muted the original color of the wood and emphasized the texture of its wood grain.