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Hi, new to the forum. I have a very old table that has been abused a bit over the years. It's somewhere between 120 and 200 years old. I believe it has been lacquered, as the finish is considerably darker where it has not been worn away.
Anyway, the whole thing needs to be refinished, but rather than reapplying whatever dark varnishy stuff is already on it, I want a more natural wood look. So, once I've got all that stripped and sanded off, I want to replicate something I saw on a very old table in a pub in England. The old pub table had the soft grain worn away by hundreds of years of hands, dishrags, and beer mugs, leaving a soft but very noticeable texture. Google tells me this is called dishout. All I can find are ways to avoid dishout when buffing a wood floor. I want to know how to cause it on purpose.
From the "how not to do it" sites, I gather that a flexible sanding pad and going against the grain may help, but I'm wondering if anyone knows how to really differentiate the grains.
Thanks!
Anyway, the whole thing needs to be refinished, but rather than reapplying whatever dark varnishy stuff is already on it, I want a more natural wood look. So, once I've got all that stripped and sanded off, I want to replicate something I saw on a very old table in a pub in England. The old pub table had the soft grain worn away by hundreds of years of hands, dishrags, and beer mugs, leaving a soft but very noticeable texture. Google tells me this is called dishout. All I can find are ways to avoid dishout when buffing a wood floor. I want to know how to cause it on purpose.
From the "how not to do it" sites, I gather that a flexible sanding pad and going against the grain may help, but I'm wondering if anyone knows how to really differentiate the grains.
Thanks!
