Fuming and Amonia

[himzol]

Hi Folks,

Does anybody know of a supplier of Amonia, I will be building a dining table from English Oak later in the year and would like to give it a bit of an aged look.

Is there any other alternative to fuming with Amonia ? (stuffs bloody deadly)

H

[echnidna]

the supermarket variety is over 95% water so it wont work
you need high strength stuff.
try a cleaning supplies.

[ozwinner]

Hi Folks,

Does anybody know of a supplier of Amonia,

Supermarket?

Is there any other alternative to fuming with Amonia ? (stuffs bloody deadly)

Dont you wrap it in plastic?
You wont smell it if you do.

Al

[himzol]

Thanks Bob and Al,

It's a while away yet so I'll start hunting around from the cleaner suppliers or I might try what Clinton1 suggested, The LYE sounds interesting I might try it on some smaller pieces and see if the results are what I'm after.

Thanks again.

H.

[echnidna]

another thing to consider using is Van Dyke crystals

[Robert34]

Hi Folks,

Does anybody know of a supplier of Amonia, I will be building a dining table from English Oak later in the year and would like to give it a bit of an aged look.

Is there any other alternative to fuming with Amonia ? (stuffs bloody deadly)

H

Himzol

Have a look at both of these sites. The first one deals with making wood look old. Item # 46. You may find it useful and a safer method than amonia.

The second link is an Index of all of the 111 woodworking subjects covered.

http://www.ilovewood.com/alburnam22.htm#woodold

http://www.ilovewood.com/alburnam.htm#Back%20to%20Index

Robert34

[himzol]

Thanks to all that answered, I've got the next four days off so may get some time to try these things.

Robert34,

Thanks for the links, some interesting reading there.

Himzo.

[TommyC]

For ammonia, try a plan printer serviceing company. I used to use an old ammonia plan printer in my cadetship with a builder when i was too young to complain about the headaches, low wages, shackle on the ankle etc. the machine used ammonia in 2L plastic bottles, and im sure you could still get it from someone like Triangle Corp (in melbourne)