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Chairmaking Process-Finishing |
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Assembled sack-back Windsor |
Applying milk paint finish |
| Finishing the chair.
Once assembled, the spindle and leg ends are trimmed with a chisel. The rough
areas are smoothed with hand planes, scrapers and /or sandpaper. Many chairs
are finished with milk paint, which is a nontoxic paint that offers similar
colors, and a low luster finish representative of old Windsor chairs.
With use, it forms a nice patina. Some chairmakers will use layers
of milk paint of different colors, so that as the paint wears with age, the
underlying color comes through, giving an antique appearance. Other chairmakers
have developed antiquing processes that give a chair a seasoned look. If
painted with milk paint, a top coat of boiled linseed oil, or polyurethane
and/or wax is often used to give a protective coat.
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