White Oak doors - maintaining "light" colour
New doors fitted.
Howdens "linear oak" internal and a front door. Varnished the outside face of the external door with their suggested Sadolin Clearcote satin but as expected the "white" colour has gone a deep golden colour. Now the lady of the house keeps on saying she "hates" that brown/yellow colour the existing doors have gone and blames it on the danish oil I treated them with 8+ or more years ago! As I pointed out, the completely un-treated skirting boards are even darker, it's what wood does. Apparently "the doors on Coronation street are light" LOL Howdens say their doors are not suitable for wax/oil treatment as it doesn't fully seal the doors and they need to be varnished as soon as possible.. Apart from one solution I read ontheline of adding white dye to the varninsh before application is there any chance of magically preventing white/light oak from darkening? I did read that water based clear varnish has a reduced darkening effect compared to solvent varnish but I fail to see how it's possible to keep them "light" either permanently or for any length of time. Cheers Pete |
White Oak doors - maintaining "light" colour
www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
New doors fitted. Howdens "linear oak" internal and a front door. Varnished the outside face of the external door with their suggested Sadolin Clearcote satin but as expected the "white" colour has gone a deep golden colour. Now the lady of the house keeps on saying she "hates" that brown/yellow colour the existing doors have gone and blames it on the danish oil I treated them with 8+ or more years ago! As I pointed out, the completely un-treated skirting boards are even darker, it's what wood does. Apparently "the doors on Coronation street are light" LOL Howdens say their doors are not suitable for wax/oil treatment as it doesn't fully seal the doors and they need to be varnished as soon as possible.. Apart from one solution I read ontheline of adding white dye to the varninsh before application is there any chance of magically preventing white/light oak from darkening? I did read that water based clear varnish has a reduced darkening effect compared to solvent varnish but I fail to see how it's possible to keep them "light" either permanently or for any length of time. Cheers Pete I don't think you have a hope of maintaining a freshly planed white oak look. Wood is a natural product and is affected by light and moisture. Is your good lady's skin tone as good as that of a new born and if so how much has been spent the treatment has it received over the years? I'll leave it up to you if you decide to go down that path. I expect some of us can put you up for a few nights if needed! |
White Oak doors - maintaining "light" colour
On 09/09/2016 17:44, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
I did read that water based clear varnish has a reduced darkening effect compared to solvent varnish but I fail to see how it's possible to keep them "light" either permanently or for any length of time. Yup, could try one of the ronseal quick drying satin finishes - they darken less than oil or solvent based finishes (they form a film over rather than sinking in so much. The other trick to stop wood taking on too much colour from varnish etc, is to give it a coat of blond shellac as a sealer first. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
White Oak doors - maintaining "light" colour
On 10/09/2016 00:08, John Rumm wrote:
On 09/09/2016 17:44, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote: I did read that water based clear varnish has a reduced darkening effect compared to solvent varnish but I fail to see how it's possible to keep them "light" either permanently or for any length of time. Yup, could try one of the ronseal quick drying satin finishes - they darken less than oil or solvent based finishes (they form a film over rather than sinking in so much. The other trick to stop wood taking on too much colour from varnish etc, is to give it a coat of blond shellac as a sealer first. I picked up a pot of the Ronseal clear, quickdry stuff and was ready to splash it all over but was halted by the quest for the holy grail filled from the fountain of youth with which to treat the doors. Women..... bless 'em. |
White Oak doors - maintaining "light" colour
On 09/09/2016 19:00, Bob Minchin wrote:
I don't think you have a hope of maintaining a freshly planed white oak look. Wood is a natural product and is affected by light and moisture. Logic, fact and evidence were all created by men to annoy women... :) Is your good lady's skin tone as good as that of a new born and if so how much has been spent the treatment has it received over the years? I'll leave it up to you if you decide to go down that path. I expect some of us can put you up for a few nights if needed! It would be safer to simply varnish all the doors while she's out and suck up the fallout for the next umpteen years.... :) |
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