Mission color finish

If I’m not actually using the ammonia finish, I’ll use dark oak aniline, water soluble dye. You can get it as dark as you want and it non toxic. Put a BLO and varnish top coat.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

+1 on the aniline.

And, I’ve seen some interesting Mission effects with Henry’s and paint thinner.

-- Gene

My experience with finishing is easier does not work. Check out some of Dan's projects. I think he did a blog on his process.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Here is a blog posted by Tim Pursell which gives it a nice mission style look.

Here is a blog that Gizomodyne posted on fuming. Fuming really is not that difficult or dangerous. But you really should do it outside. You simply are working with concentrated ammonia.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

I like the real thing – Kentucky white oak, quartersawn and ammonia fumed.

I am a mission existentialist – I fume, therefore I am.

However, I have tried these aniline dyes with good results:

Lee Valley

-- Randy, Rustic Artisan, a family tradition. (No PM's - auto-deleted.) - "I am a seeker, not a follower."