These shots are the finished sanded back texture, with a protective
coat of clear wax which darkened up the underlying colors nicely.
Not exact matches
This did not happen to me with a sample that had the dark
wax over 1
coat of clear wax (
which itself was over two
coats of poly), but I don't want a dark
wax look for these chairs, so I am just wondering if I should be trying something different to get this white
wax to stick.
Whatever finish they used on the wood appeared to be a mix
of some sort
of lime
wax and a
clear coat that seeped deep into the grain, and made it really difficult to sand away — not only that, but you can't even tell
which parts were fully sanded until you applied the paint wash.
Annie Sloan instructs people to apply a
coat of clear wax and then on top
of that a
coat of the dark, but I have seen that it is much more streaky (
which may or may not be the look you're going for) rather than an even aged look.