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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I've spent a couple years working in a custom cabinet shop, but we only did the woodwork. Thus, I'm a newb when it comes to finishing. I'm doing a kitchen for my house now, and will be doing everything myself. I found a picture of a finish I'd like to duplicate. Can anyone identify the finish/process?

It appears to be quarter sawn white oak, with hardly any color, but a very defined grain.

 
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#5 · (Edited by Moderator)
if you read the thread " stain wont take "down about 1/2 way we talk about asphaltum, a stain made from basically a sort of tar, its been around for eons, I would suspect if you gave it a try then wiped it off the surface with some mineral spirits you would be quite close, this is similar to a pickleing process which is usually done with a white paint or stain,

you may want to do a first coat of oil, like a good oil/varnish a thin one like formbys or similar, this will prevent the stain from biting in hard and make it easier to wipe the surface off, just go easy and watch for wipe marks,
 
#7 ·
Like others have noted, looks like a dark pore filler to intentionally show up. Anyone know the name of this technique? My dad has spoken of a similar technique where you paint some open pore wood (I think) and then come back and fill in with some white stuff - I will have to ask him about that. It looks really neat.
 
#10 ·
C'mon guys; it's obviously a production piece out of a commercial shop, which is unlikely to use something as archaic and fussy/messy as asphaltum. It's a straight stain and clear coat, without a filler.
 
#12 ·
DS IMO quarter sawn. To get the heavy figuring from the medullary rays, (flecking etc.) it is likely quarter sawn. Rift sawn has the same characteristics, but is cut further from the hart, where the rays are most prevelant, and has less prominent features.
Although I doubt it is the case here, I have friends using "torching" to get effects like this. Burning the surface with mapp torches, and then sanding the wood back, leaving the dark grain, like staining and wiping fast, then sanding.
 
#17 · (Edited by Moderator)
Seasoned wood tends to have some differences in color verses

That said, this is not the case here, if you look at the panel, in the upper right hand corner you can see a rookies mistake, a rag smudge.. It has been stained or dyed with an aniline dye, probably somewhere along the lines of a dark walnut, it will take heavy in the grain, but not on the surface.

If I were making this piece I would probably use a pigment stain such as cabot, because it's easier to leave a heavier coat on the wood which will add a brownish hue to the wood. Then I'd finish it with lacquer.

P.s that's not saw marks, it's the wood grain, it's quarter sawn, which is kinda tricky to carve fyi.
 
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