Finishing a farmhouse table. A handful of road bumps oh well get to that working around the contractors and shuffling the table from room to room. Youre probably wondering how long can this chick drag on this farmhouse table project that weve only seen bits and pieces of valid question. Patience is a virtue of which i dont possess and the sun has refused to shine in iowa for like 2 weeks. I started the process by staining the desk with the minwax special walnut.
While the table was still disassembled we painted the legs with a solid color i wanted to get that farmhouse look of a solid base with a stained top. The roaring woodwork 31539 views. How to get a farmhouse style finish. I decided to apply the stain by rubbing it on with a lint free rag giving it a hand rubbed look.
I used valspar hopsack for this parti wasnt really all that picky about the color of the base i just knew i wanted something off white and lowes had this paint in a sample can which was the perfect size for this project. If youre working with a softer wood the blotching can be significant but a farmhouse table is expected to be a bit rustic but if you search blotch here youll see how many folks have learned the hard way to test first. In this video the 7 knotty alder farmhouse table gets stain and sealer. Apoxie sculpt will accept a wide variety of stains and.
The answer is for evah. Admittedly the finish on the farmhouse table which will ultimately be used as my studio desk took much longer than anticipated.