New look for front doors: Old wood
Who is the star of the house? Why not the door? Being wooden, it is versatile, convertible and, as a natural beauty, achieves every desired effect. For example: Waste wood hut, because true nature boys look even better when they are tanned with age. Just think of Bruce Willis or just a front door with ADLER effect. Our ADLER application engineer demonstrates how it can be made into a star.
Steps
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STEP 1 - BRUSH (IMPORTANT EVEN FOR NATURE BOYS)
It is like taking a young "spruce" and brushing it properly, because that gives the smooth "Babyface" profile and expression. Use a plastic brush.
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STEP 2 - WATER PROOF
Water proofing Aquawood TIG HighRes ensures good colour and does away with the “baby face" appearance. Therefore before applying a coat following is very important: Stir well! (Note: true stars are "stirred, not shaken".) Colour: Waste wood ("Altholz").
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STEP 3 - APPLY A PRIME COAT, SAND
After 4 hours of drying time the wood is primed with colourless Aquawood Protor-Base L and after another five hours of drying, the wood can be sanded so that the hard annual rings wear off: with grit size 120 or Scotch Brite. (Note: Old does not mean dusty, so remove sanding dust carefully!)
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STEP 4 - CARVE, GROOVE, SCRATCH
"Die Hard" means that everything is allowed! Therefore arm yourself with a wire brush and a nail. By tapping and "sculpting" make "wormholes” in the door, which simply belong to the old wood look. If your star is hard enough, then hit it with a nail and add a little authentic feel of being eaten by a "worm" to it.
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You can also create bright spots with the wire brush —these would be made dark in the next step and give the typical old wood character.
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STEP 5 - RUB
Now the good piece has become wear resistant. Thus, in the next step you can really rub it without any concerns—with Protor-Primo in Palisander (rosewood) colour.
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Wipe away the excess carefull.
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STEP 6 - SHOWDOWN
After a short break for overnight drying now only the showdown remains: a colourless topcoat with Aquawood Protor-Finish L W40. This too is not for the faint hearted, because the additional Aquafix S grob gives it a particularly tough hardness and a rough "touch". Now your star has arrived. It is a guarantee that neighbours and visitors will go weak at the knees!
ADLER PRODUCTS USED FOR WASTE WOOD EFFECT ON SPRUCE:
- Aquawood TIG HighRes, colour waste wood ("Altholz")
- Aquawood Protor-Base L
- Protor-Primo, colour rosewood ("Palisander")
- Aquawood Protor-Finish L W40 with Aquafix S grob
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