Need Help Finishing Dining Room Table

This seems like they age the wood chemically.

Maybe try steel wool and viniger on some scrap.

Send Charles Neil a PM….he is a very accomplished and well known woodworker…

-- Measure "at least" twice and cut once

That looks to me like a pickled finish, Jeff. Should be easy to Google.

Here’s a brief explanation and demo of the Minwax product, and even used on pine (what sort of pine is anyone’s guess).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKt-OkS_4GA

Kindly,

Lee

-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"

I agree with Lee.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Follow this link. I think this is exactly what you are after based on the picture – even shown on pine. The trick is the inclusion of a darker color gel stain wash at the end of the process – that gives the aged look you are after.

http://woodplay.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/a-no-hassle-technique-to-pickle-wood/

I think there’s no one standard finishing to a wooden dining room table. It all comes down to your personal choice. The best suggestion I can give is to use the same kind of stain that you used for other furnishing in the house. This way, all furniture will come together in a blend of style. But if you are to make table more durable, you may consider using multiple levels of clear coats.