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Dark Brown Oak Burl Finish

Oak burl is a premium wood. It is wood from oak trees, which have grown in a deformed manner. The oak burl has a light brown color with small knots irregular but nice grain pattern. In the furniture manufacturer, the oak burl veneer is mostly used in combination with other wood to make expensive furniture. The oak burl, which has a unique and nice grain pattern, is usually used as the eyecatcher for the furniture product.
Although oak burl wood is very attractive, without the proper finish it will be nothing. The oak burl needs the proper finish to let the nice and attractive appearance show maximally. The oak burl should be finished in a transparent finish according to its unique grain pattern and knots, enhancing it to make a nice-looking product.
Now in this article we want to share the oak burl finish to make an antique transparent brown finish we did on the oak burl veneer panel. We didn’t do finishing for the furniture product, but the finishing step in here can be adopted to the wood furniture as well.



unfinished oak panel 

Here is the finishing process.
  • Glue sizing.
Oak burl veneer has high risk of splitting and cracking. His wood structure that is full of knots makes the wood brittle and easy to crack. To minimize the risk of veneer cracking, we did glue sizing on the panel. We layered thin glue on the top of the veneered panel, let it dry, and scuffed sand on it. The glue size was not purposed to make a smooth wood surface but mainly to make the oak burl veneer more stable. The glue will cover the veneer and make it more stable to reduce the risk of wood cracking. You can find more explanation about the glue size in our previous post : Glue size in the wood finishing
  • The stain application.
We wanted to make a medium brown wood color finish, then we used a brown dye wood stain. The dye stain is the good choice since it is absorbed by the wood to make a transparent, bright color. The dye stain was applied by wet spray to the entire surface of the wood. To enhance the beauty of the oak burl, then we did a smudge pad to the stain layer. We took a cloth, wet it with alcohol, and padded the cloth to the stain.  There was an uneven coloration according to the irregular pattern of oak burl grain and knots.
To make the stronger burl effect look, then we did highlights at the stain. We used steel wool to erase some stain to enhance its irregular pattern of the grain.



hand pad the stain 



highlight the stain
  • Wash coat application.
coat coating was layering to prepare the surfaces for glaze application. One layer of wash coat was sprayed evenly to the wood surface. We let the wash coat for a few minutes to dry and scuff-sanded the wash coat to prepare a smooth wood surface for glaze application.
  • Glaze application.
A dark brown glaze was used to make a deep and rich finishing color and to make the finish look more antique. The glaze was poured and was dry brushed (stippled) at the surface. The dry brushed glaze was also done to burnish and darken the edges and corner to make more antique-looking. 



dry brush the glaze
  • Sealer application.
Sealer is needed to build the film finish and to give protection to the finish color and appearance. We sprayed 2 layers of wet coat sealer on the glaze layer. Two times sealer application is needed to make the enough film built. 
Once the sealer was dry, we sanded the sealer layer and sprayed the second sealer. We let the sealer dry and sanded the sealer layer to prepare the film layer for the top coat application.


oak burl finish panel
  • Application of top coat.
We used a medium gloss top coat for the last coat. Forty-five sheen top coat was sprayed evenly as the last coat.  And the result was an antique brown transparent oak burl finish with nice and attractive appearance


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