“wet wood” by Chris Tait

I snarfed this from my mother’s stash of red, which extends from the kitchen into the garage. Oh, the thought of all that future drinking! It makes me wet, nauseous and incarcerated just THINKING about it. Anyway, on to the beverage at hand. Dark as blood, this vintage, with the musky scent of wet wood and damp newspaper. On the tongue it tastes like you’d imagine your gran’s cherry wood bureau to taste if you liquified it – inky and knotty, with an overlay of chestnut glaze. But that’s pushing it, frankly. Pushing it up the hard shoulder in the middle of August on the M42.

6/10

Van Dyke Crystals

This sequence needs to be observed:

• It is important to wet the wood before using the stain on a dry surface. The differing density of wood grain, may suck in more dye in some parts than others.
• Make enough stain for object and some more, just in case!
• Apply liberally and relatively quickly so at all times there should be a wet edge.
• Once having covered whole piece, dry off area with cloth or kitchen toweling.
• Allow to dry thoroughly.
• Once dry, check area is uniform colour, if not, apply some more and blend in lighter areas.
• When completely dry, rub lightly with garnet 240 to remove raised wood hairs.

It’s now ready to recieve compatible sanding sealer coat.

Driftwood, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Getting down to the level of the driftwood. The wee sprouts in the background are actually Karen, Mary, Martin, and Weston.