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07-11-2013, 11:59 PM #1Senior Member
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college toiletries storage box
My son's heading off to college this fall and wanted something to store his toiletries in. He was looking for something with an antique look. I made this out of oak scraps from a church pew factory with some left over guitar pick guard material for the areas i thought would need some water resistance. Fumed the oak with ammonia and finished it with Tung oil.
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07-12-2013, 12:07 AM #2Senior Member
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nice box. kind of old carpenter meets shoe shine. good job on the finger joints. dorm bathrooms i guess
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07-12-2013, 12:32 AM #3Senior Member
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What does "Fumed the oak with ammonia " mean?
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07-12-2013, 04:16 AM #4Historically Inquisitive
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Basically you put the wood(oak) in a closed container (tent) with a couple of dish with ammonia, usually 24hrs, the wood react to the ammonia fumes by getting darker and richer, very popular with Arts& Craft/Mission furniture.
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07-22-2013, 01:27 AM #5Senior Member
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That is a great gift for your son. You did a very nice job on it.
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07-22-2013, 05:38 PM #6Senior Member
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That is very cool. Definitely a unique and beautiful solution to a real problem.
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