Today s whitewashing materials are less caustic giving you old fashioned character with up to the minute convenience.
White washed pine doors.
Whitewash is an ideal finish to apply over new untreated pine.
The key is to use a semi transparent stain as an opaque stain will look like paint.
Whitewash stain is ideally suited to pine.
Apply the white stain with a brush.
It allows you to appreciate the wood grain without the yellow tint that you get from natural wood.
Before you whitewash cabinets remove the doors and clean the cabinets with heavy duty degreaser.
Once the stain has set up for 2 to 3 minutes work the stain into the wood using a rag and wipe away the excess stain wiping gently with the grain.
Follow the grain of the wood and wipe away excess stain with another clean rag.
The pale golden color and generous sprinkling of open knots give knotty pine its distinctive and well loved look.
Make sure to work white stain into any knots that may be in the wood to accentuate the knot.
Rather than simply painting it white a whitewash effect allows the grain of the wood to show through preserving the natural beauty while freshening up a plain wooden door.
Whitewashing a plain wooden door is a way to finish it inexpensively and attractively.
Mix paint and water to desired consistency for this example i used equal parts.
How to give a whitewash effect to a wooden door.
Technique 1 paint and water.