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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.

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!!

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

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 This would be a great look to update outdated natural oak kitchen cabinets and doors.

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

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!

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

the white gray looks awesome

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!

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.

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.

Thank you, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Spectacular! Well done Wes!

Thanks for useful tips and detailed explanation.

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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Thank you. I enjoyed your video

Also works on pine... nice video.

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Both look beautiful.

THANKS

Made to look easy, great skills Wes!

Thanks for doing the cerusing videos. You’ve inspired me to finally tried it out. But I’ve run into a problem. When I go to sand after the 2nd color (glaze mix), it stays milky on the dark color. I’m not sure what I did wrong. I used exterior acrylic on 1st color (2 dark coats) and mixed glaze with white interior acrylic. The glaze didn’t wipe off very easily as it dried quite quickly. I mixed it about 3 parts glaze to 1 part paint. I thought that would be ok but when I sanded, it stayed that way. I even sanded down to bare wood in a few spots. I may not have let the 1st or 2nd color dry enough or both. It was over 24 hours drying time. Or perhaps I mixed the glaze wrong. Next time, I may try a clear coat between colors to see it that goes better. I’m going to just go with what I’ve got rather than start over as it still looks ok. It just doesn’t have the sharp contrast I was going for.

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

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

Thank you for the piece of wisdom.

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That's amazing job,

Thanks

THat is so nice finish work

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Very informative!!!

Hell Yeah so glad I found this video!

Very good my friend

Great information, learned a lot 👍👍👌😊

Looks awesome

great vid great vibes

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.

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

Nice

Very nice!

Great tips

Beautiful

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

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

nice work

perfect job

The technical term is called lifting the grain so the grain is higher than full surface 😊

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

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

100% grade A Art.

Are you using acrylic latex or solvent based paints?

That makita tool also works well on shousugiban.

NICE

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

Excellent

Could you do another color… blue, teal

Great technique! Looking forward to more! Subscribed!

Can you do butcher block top with black center paint with natural colar with clear coat over both colars

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.

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

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.

Porous woods like mahogany also works excellent..

Beautiful, can this be done to hardwood floors?

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?

PLEASE HELP 🙏 Hi Wes, thank you for your videos. I tracked down ML Campbell Vinyl primer tinted black. They gave me a white Glaze called " Amazing glaze". I tried this method yesterday but failed. Anytime I glazed it took the black off and showed bare wood. I have 2 questions. 1) how long do you wait for the first coat of Vinyl primer to dry before you glaze it? 2) What kind of MLC glaze do you use. Amazing glaze or Woodsong II? I sooo appreciate your reply as this is a paid job for me 🙏 I am working with Oak for a wood bed kit on a custom 1964 Chevy truck. Thank you for all your hard work showing us new woodworking skills.

Could you do this technique on a plywood top?

Some people call that finish 'dog hair'. Obviously, it only works with highly grained wood.

Subscribed! Awesome video!

Does the texturing remove the smoothness from sanding? A bit confused

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

Thank you for this! I’ve done woodworking all my life and wanted to start refinishing furniture to make some cash on the side. This is going on my first piece. If it fails , only $10 down the drain.

You left out a lot of details.

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Hello Wes I was trying to figure out the brush/sander unit I would like to get one but don’t know want to call it?

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

I like the black on top of the white, but I don't like the white on top of the black. I could be the the wood grain on the darker one that made it look strange to me, almost like an animal print, but that's just not my style preference. They look beautiful and I love the idea.

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

How bout Cedar? In middle of 120 6 foot boards

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?

Is it too late to add the white to the dark stain if you have a coat of fast dry poly already on

Hi sir.. nice video.. i would like to get beige color on oak wood with white grain!.. so i have to stain with beige.. then apply white stain on top and then buff and seal??? Can you let me get an idea? Thanks!

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

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.

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

Sorry Wes did I miss what products you used. Like type of paint an type of glaze ?

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.

Will this work on plywood? I made faux shiplap planks and want the white with black stain look!

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How would it look with black prime and silver or gray glaze

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