OXIDIZING SOLUTION
Ingredients:
- Grade #0000 steel wool
- Vinegar
- Jar with a METAL lid (won’t work with plastic!)
Directions:
- Take a big chunk of steel wool and tear it up into pieces. Put it in the jar and fill the vinegar to the top.
- Let the solution sit for a few days and shake it up ever once in a while. The steel wool will start to dissolve and the vinegar will turn brown.
- Try applying it
If the solution sits for a while, like a few weeks, it will start to get concentrated and may impart a color to your wood that is darker than you want. If this is the case, you can simply dilute it with more vinegar. You can continue to do this as you use it until it is gone.
Check out how beautifully it stains wood!
Do you have a creative way to give wood the finish that you want?
Thank you to friendlyhome for this amazing tip! See her site for more deets about this technique.
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Karen Billings Cable
I tried doing this, and, after a month still had no difference in the vinegar. I made sure my jar had a metal lid too.
I used about 1/2 water n 1/2 apple cider vinegar with the wool. Also did another jar with same solution and a few rusty nails. .sat for 2 weeks before applying. …beautiful results 🙂
I also had no luck. After a month I even added more wool steel.
Emily Early Porter
Interesting. I think I will try this. I do have a piece to stain. 🙂
Hey Tim Garcia and Rick Garcia check this out for your pallet projects
I will try it
I used this “stain” on pine. I LIKE how it turned out. http://3monkeycreations.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-bedroom-is-donewellalmost.html
Awesome tip. Can’t wait to try.
Wood stain
Works great
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Amber Lynn Schwartz
James has been wanting to do this forever because we saw it done and it’s so cool. We just never have made the time :/
Abby Jackson
What are all these lies you’re speaking of?
Anna Charley
Not a lie. I’ve done it. Turns pine a beautiful gray.