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Pigments

'' Furniture cannot be considered finished until it been submitted to different finishing processes intended to insure a better durability and to improve its appearance. ''

Demonstration of staining on wooden pallets of pine wood with different pigments: Mahogany, Jew’s pitch, walnut stain, alkanet (dyer’s bugloss), madderwort root, earth color pigments; titanium, chrome, and cobalt oxide, and many more yet. Natural staining are the most used and are of a very ancient origin. They have the benefit of better stand out in light, and are not harmful to the environment. They give an unrivalled range of sustained shades and hues. Moreover, they are not altered by ultraviolet rays. As in the past, craftsmen took advantage that the earth gave them to obtain the shades that we appreciate today.

In order to preserve the environment, natural and entirely ecological finishing products such as: hemp oil, artisan wax, and shellac are used

Hemp oil

Shellac resin

Beeswax

Staining modify the pigmentation of wood without masking its veining, by giving it the appearance of another variety. It is fair to say that staining always confers to wood a more sustained shade. The Varnisher products are available at the Workshop and explained during the course on antique finishing.

The staining and paints made of natural pigments are the basis of an antique finish. The iron fitting of a piece also plays an important role. By means of wrought iron hardware, it is possible to enhance the character of a piece of the past. It is frequent that coats of Milk Paint are superimposed to make believe that furniture had many finishes during its life. To that could be harmonized a crackling effect that had been caused by the differences of temperature that a furniture had undergone during its numerous Quebec seasons.