Matching finish on 1"x6" knotty pine

That has lots of red in it! Good luck.

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Hi max

i may be wrong but have you ever used tea bags for staining you may get the aged look your looking for

let me know how you get on with what ever method you use

thanks

pommy

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It does have a warm orange tint to it. The picture makes it look redder than it is. There are quite a few homes in my area that have this same paneling in the basement, but most all of the original owners have passed away. My Dad’s house has it in it also but he passed away in December. I really don’t think that it was stained but don’t know for sure.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

I had the very same issue a few years ago when I added new knotty pine in parts of my lake place. The original pine was done in the 1950’s and I ended up getting a couple of different stains (all the same brand, so therefore compatible) in different shades. I mixed until I had the best match and then put a finish on to make sure it dried to a match. I finished with a polyurethane that’s not suppose to darken with age so, in theory, the match will last. Good luck. -SST

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Try some different shades of shellac. Orange shellac will get you close. You may have to put several coats. Once you get the color you want, seal it with poly.

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I kind of thought that it might be orange shellac that had aged for quite a few years. I can find amber shellac which I assume is the same as orange shellac??

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

These guys have more shellac than you might want to see. http://www.shellac.net/

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tenontim

Thanks for the link. You are right they have it all…..

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

shellac would be my first choice … garnett or buttonlac

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Dan,

I got some Amber shellac I was going to try but I am not sure it will be dark enough. I am sure over time it will darken.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Go ahead and do the shellac and when that is all dry determine if you need more red, yellow or both.

Then go buy some tubes of oil paint, raw sienna and perhaps some red. Start mixing it little by little with turpentine until you get the color you desire and start rubbing it on the pine. It takes a while to dry, but you can just about match any color you want with the oil paints in the turpentine.

Before Home Depot or the local hardware store it was a method to make your own stain.

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Brian,

I had not thought of that…. Thanks I will give it a try..

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

I have knotty pine paneling just like yours-my house was built in ‘54. Orange Shellac, several coats, will work.
Don’t bother with a polyurethane top coat unless you expect to throw water against the walls. Shellac itself has been used as a finish for at least 200 yrs, and except for poor resistance to water (not water vapor for which it has terrific resistance) it will be fine by itself.

-- Gerry

Max
Try it and if it doesn’t work try mixing it with anilyne amber dye stain.

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Gerry,

I believe that is what was used here and also in my Dads house was orange shellac (amber shellac).

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT