Milk Paint Pickling Technique for Oak - Rustic Farmhouse-Style Wood Finish
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 Severalyears ago I made a bookcase in red oak as a birthday gift for my husband. I wanted to make it looked like old wood that had been painted, then stripped…poorly. (Yes, some readers will conclude that I have a warped aesthetic.) I decided to use milk paintbecause the relatively brittle finish seemed like a good candidate for easy sanding. So I mixed up the paint as usual and started […]The post Milk Paint Pickling Technique for Oak - Rustic Farmhouse-Style Wood Finish appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Rosin - Your Sticky Friend in the Workshop
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 Woodworkers use waxes (and other things) to decrease friction, but what about when we want to increase friction? Lately I've been trying inexpensive rosin - intended for the bows of stringed instruments - with excellent results. Rosin is a byproduct of heating tree sap to make turpentine or a variety of other products and has a variety of uses in industry and the arts - everything from ballet dancers to […]The post Rosin - Your Sticky Friend in the Workshop appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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Krenov Foundation Professional Development Award
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 Professionals in the field of fine woodworking, with a minimum of four years of experience, are invited to apply for a $2,500 grant from the Krenov Foundation to use for a stint as an artist-in-residence or visiting scholar or faculty collaborator at a nationally recognized woodworking school or craft center. Applications are available at thekrenovfoundation.org/professionaldevelopmentaward,and must be submitted along with a statement of purpose, resume, financial forms, digital photographs of […]The post Krenov Foundation Professional Development Award appeared first on Popular Woodworking Magazine.
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