Hey Alkay, sure keep trying the lemon juice soak.
I'd recommend watering down the cedar stain to start with, you can always go darker as you said.
Hey Alkay, sure keep trying the lemon juice soak.
I'd recommend watering down the cedar stain to start with, you can always go darker as you said.
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Hi wokkaboy,Originally Posted by wokkaboy
There's not much ink coming off with the lemon juice. I did more testing today with different ratios of cedar : water on the pine.
Photo probably doesn't show it but I quite like the 2:1 mix because the others are just too light:
As you said I can always go darker if I like.
Cheers,
Alkay.
Hi mate, 2:1 on the pine sample looks OK and with a dark background that probably won't fade much more from the lemon juice it will most likely come out looking like an old reliced antique which I think is what you were after?
Hey mate,
Yes that is the sort of look I was after. I think it will look alright now that it appears to be a bit lighter.
I'm just going to get more sand paper for the sides and back which haven't been touched yet.
Cheers,
Alkay.
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