Like I mentioned several times before, I would like to do an oil - wax finish. With a look similar to these:
Or this, maybe a bit darker:
The oil
Reading through different web pages and forums, people every now and then seem to recommend Birchwood Casey Tru Oil, an oil originally made for gun stock finishing, that will not cloud, yellow or crack with age. So this what I will use as well.
http://www.birchwoodcasey.com
Depending on how much my ash body will soak up the oil, and how much the oil will darken the wood, I will most likely go for 2 layers of oil - more on that once I start actually applying the oil.
The wax
I'm aiming for a final color that is somewhere between dark chocolate and charcoal. As I assume that you can't apply too many layers of wax before the wood becomes all sticky and smeary, I wanted to find a wax that is very dark from the beginning, so that with the additional tint from the oil, very few layers of wax (ideally 2 or 3 with some good polishing in between?) would already achieve my desired result.
Also, I wanted to find a high-quality natural wax for this, with a high proportion of bees wax and carnauba wax.
Eventually, I found a product called Quick Colour Wachs, which is originally used for wooden furniture. I'm not 100% sure what country this is produced in (maybe it's Dutch?), I only found the product on Amazon with a pointer to a German web site:
http://www.quick-wachs.de
In order to get my desired look, I'm planning to combine two different colors, starting with the brown tone called "Jacobean" for the warm color, followed by the dark "Smoke" color to get the right tint.
This way, I may even be able to achieve a bit of a tobacco burst look to the body, with the center being a bit more brownish and the edges being a bit more charcoal-ish... We'll see....
Let's see if the results will be anywhere near to what I'm thinking of...
Or this, maybe a bit darker:
The oil
Reading through different web pages and forums, people every now and then seem to recommend Birchwood Casey Tru Oil, an oil originally made for gun stock finishing, that will not cloud, yellow or crack with age. So this what I will use as well.
http://www.birchwoodcasey.com
The wax
I'm aiming for a final color that is somewhere between dark chocolate and charcoal. As I assume that you can't apply too many layers of wax before the wood becomes all sticky and smeary, I wanted to find a wax that is very dark from the beginning, so that with the additional tint from the oil, very few layers of wax (ideally 2 or 3 with some good polishing in between?) would already achieve my desired result.
Also, I wanted to find a high-quality natural wax for this, with a high proportion of bees wax and carnauba wax.
Eventually, I found a product called Quick Colour Wachs, which is originally used for wooden furniture. I'm not 100% sure what country this is produced in (maybe it's Dutch?), I only found the product on Amazon with a pointer to a German web site:
http://www.quick-wachs.de
In order to get my desired look, I'm planning to combine two different colors, starting with the brown tone called "Jacobean" for the warm color, followed by the dark "Smoke" color to get the right tint.
Let's see if the results will be anywhere near to what I'm thinking of...
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