Weathered Wood Accelerator Growth Ruler

No Strip or Sand Stained Dining Chairs

I wanted new dining chairs for my own home to go with our antique Duncan Phyfe style dining table I restored. Previously we had leather parson's chairs but I have always loved the look of wooden pressback chairs so this is what I chose to replace them with. And I am going to stain them WITHOUT stripping and sanding! I had 2 sets of press back chairs in my stock to paint, now to decide which set. My husband and I did a comfort sitting test and of course visual and went with the slightly larger ones on the left. This set also has 2 captains chairs as a bonus.

Here is a weathered wood look growth ruler, follow as I share the steps to create it.

I used a 1" X 8" X 6'L spruce board from the pile. Check out ones done in an aged wood look & a blue one as well as an aged grey painted ruler,

Using Varathane's weathered wood accelerator I brushed on the first coat.

I thought I would use it on a sanded geometric coffee table too, here is the first coating on.

The first coat is dry, unique looking right?

Here is that first coat on both pieces dry, different wood = different colors. I decided I did not care for it on the coffee table as indeed it does give a weathered black mark look.