weathering wood?????

[Tom Kren]

How do i go abot doing this Doing a 32 cut the top/middle of the roof out and added wood slats /ribs want to make them look dryed out wheathered ?

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

Tom

I use a wash made with India ink and thinner,it darkens it, depending how heavy you apply it,also dries it out and weathers it while showing the grain still.

[Yekoms]

What kind of wood did you use?

Smokey

[VW Dave]

I use popsicle sticks, otherwise known as 'craft sticks' at Michaels, for the basic material. For my weathering agent, I utilize a solution made from india ink and rubbing alcohol; that's a trick I picked up from my model railroading buddies.

The truck in the foreground has the ink/alcohol stained wood:

I also used a few of my weathered boards for the floor atop this deuce frame:

I keep the ink mix in a 'reassigned' pickle jar, and the soaking vat is a topless Tupperware container. The soak time is usually between 10 and 20 minutes, and I let the pieces air dry on paper towels or newspaper overnight....although drying in the sun can help speed up that process. A small number of boards in each batch are re-dipped, and some are faded by dry sanding, to give the bunch some color variation - in real life, not every piece of wood ages at the same rate as others.

My preferred method of application is dipping, but I have had good results from applying it with a dropper or thick brush.

Edited March 24, 2010 by VW Dave

[weasel]

i just put some roof 'slats' on a project and i used the blackwash in the RustAll kit, looks ok...

oh, i cut some balsa strips to use...