How to make my pine side table looks like rustic oak

xzhuang

I have recently bought a pine side table with white paint finish.

I was thinking to sand the paint off to make the table be more coherent with my other furnitures (which are mainly rustic oak).

Is there any way to make pine tables look close to rustic oak?

Jonesya

You can change the colour to a rustic oak sort of shade - apply a wood treatment that includes a stain.

So either a neat stain, or combined staining varnish or a staining wax.

If you walk round most DIY stores you'll find lots of staining varnishes in various shades of oak. You need to take your time applying it to get a nice even finish, if you over/under apply then the result can look patchy.

DirectDebacle

Is there any way to make pine tables look close to rustic oak?

No. Pine is a different species to oak with a totally different grain pattern. 'Rustic' is merely someone's description of a shade and may well be completely different to anothers idea of 'rustic'.

All you can do is strip the table and try staining it as close as possible to the colour of your furniture. I would be surprised if you are not disappointed with the result. Pine can be tricky to stain satisfactorily.

Personally I would strip it and wax or varnish it to show off the contrast with my oak pieces or paint it to blend in.

Your table, your choice. Good luck with whatever you try.

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Crossed with Jonesya

andydiysaver

xzhuang wrote: »

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Is there any way to make pine tables look close to rustic oak?

yeah, here's how I'd do it


1. sand it rough


2. get some decent woodstain, love the liberon water based stuff, I think it's awesome


3. use a fine haired paintbrush, give it 2-3 coats, on your first you want to be covering it evenly , on your second and third you want to be whipping it up a little and making it uneven


4. then dry it in the sun if you can, after which bang on polyurethane - B&Q do some decent spray can version, gives it a real veneer and lovely finish


5. job done!:)