milk paint – She Works Wood & Leather

Glamour Shots of the Windsor

I put the last coat of oil on the Windsor. Here are a few shots.

Tung oil wipe.

Tung oil wipe.

Oiled Windsor

Oiled Windsor

Per Peter Galbert's suggestion, I scraped the seat last so that the wood texture shows.

Per Peter Galbert’s suggestion, I scraped the seat last so that the wood texture shows.

Another shot.

Another shot.

An up close shot of the details.

An up close shot of the details.

And a parting shot.

And a parting shot.

Painting the Windsor

I started painting my Windsor Chair that I finished up in my previous post. I’m using Peter Galbert’s recipe from his book Chairmaker’s Notebook. Basically I’m layering on Milk Paint. If you wanna know all the secret tricks, you gotta buy the book. Wanna a see a few of the images from his book .. take a look here.

Anyway here’s a few shots of the orange under cocoa.

Orange (pumpkin) on wood for the under color.

Orange (pumpkin) on wood for the under color.

Brown (cocoa) on orange.

Brown (cocoa) on orange.

The chair needs another coat.

The chair needs another coat.

Some of the orange peeking through. A sneak peek of the look we're going for.

Some of the orange peeking through. A sneak peek of the look we’re going for.