colour matching oak table/dining set

[stevel]

I have been asked by a friend to extend their dining table. It's an Old Charm oak table and the finish is very dark. The company cannot supply the stain but are sending me a sample of the stained wood. Can anyone tell me where I can get a match for the stain, or do I just make my own from Van Dyck crystals.

Steve :?:

 

[houtslager]

sounds like you need some Jacobean oak oil stain
Bolloms / Jenkins and Fiddes sell it.

 

[Anonymous]

Old Charm, arrrhhhhhh, the devils factory, the home of satan, where evil merges with the dark side, - whoops sorry about that worked for them a long time ago, just brought back dreadful memories about slave labour and tiny tea breaks. Mind you at least you get tea breaks when you work for someone else.

Afraid I can't help, to long ago.

 

[johnnyb]

i think the stain you need is fiddes dark oak ngr stain. this is the one to use for priory almost black matching.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sure that the Old Charm colour is Jacobean Dark Oak. I use Morrells Woodfinishes http://www.morrells-woodfinishes.com/distributors.htm but other manufacturers produce a similar colour under the same name.

Incidentally, I recently had a blocked loo at the workshop and bought some caustic soda to try and shift it. I stirred the solution with a scrap length of oak and guess what?

The caustic soda turned the oak a perfect Jacobean Dark Oak colour!

I wonder if that is how it was done in years gone by?

Maybe worth a play.

Brad