19-01-2017, 10:06 PM
We have some of that. Yes, I think it's waxed rather than oiled or varnished. As to which shade, you'd have to experiment a bit.
OT, but I really wouldn't advise putting wax on joinery. The previous idiot owners of this Victorian house stripped a lot of the skirtings/architraves/etc back to the bare wood and finished it with a clear wax. This makes it near-impossible to paint. Of course, the Victorians would never had pine on display - it would have been painted or disguised as a more expensive wood. Our house was the latter. On the bits that weren't stripped/waxed, you find that the many subsequent layers of gloss paint come away easily from the original finish, revealing the stains and varnish underneath. It's really amazing to see how they achieved the look of dark oak...
OT, but I really wouldn't advise putting wax on joinery. The previous idiot owners of this Victorian house stripped a lot of the skirtings/architraves/etc back to the bare wood and finished it with a clear wax. This makes it near-impossible to paint. Of course, the Victorians would never had pine on display - it would have been painted or disguised as a more expensive wood. Our house was the latter. On the bits that weren't stripped/waxed, you find that the many subsequent layers of gloss paint come away easily from the original finish, revealing the stains and varnish underneath. It's really amazing to see how they achieved the look of dark oak...
