How to give a whitewash effect to a wooden door.
White washed pine doors.
Before you whitewash cabinets remove the doors and clean the cabinets with heavy duty degreaser.
Make sure to work white stain into any knots that may be in the wood to accentuate the knot.
Apply the white stain with a brush.
Today s whitewashing materials are less caustic giving you old fashioned character with up to the minute convenience.
Technique 1 paint and water.
Whitewashing a plain wooden door is a way to finish it inexpensively and attractively.
Whitewash is an ideal finish to apply over new untreated pine.
The key is to use a semi transparent stain as an opaque stain will look like paint.
Back in the day natural woods were whitewashed with a lime solution to keep furniture and home building planks and boards safe from insects.
Dip rag in mixture and apply it liberally to the wood as you would a stain wiping over it with a rag to evenly distribute it.
Mix paint and water to desired consistency for this example i used equal parts.
Follow the grain of the wood and wipe away excess stain with another clean rag.
Once the stain has set up for 2 to 3 minutes work the stain into the wood using a rag and wipe away the excess stain wiping gently with the grain.
Using a clean rag apply the whitewash stain with long smooth strokes that all go in one direction.
Rather than simply painting it white a whitewash effect allows the grain of the wood to show through preserving the natural beauty while freshening up a plain wooden door.