We are redoing our sun room, turning it into a four season room. Plan on using knotty pine t&g carsiding on the interior. The walls are approx 80% windows, so this will only be a small area above and below the windows. We want the wood to have a little bit of color, but not much. Put some water based clear satin on a sample, and don't really like that. I was wondering about using zinzer amber shellac. I think that will give us the color we want, and I will probably buy a small can and put it on a sample piece.
My question is about ageing and yellowing (darkening). Got a different answer at Menards than I did at Lowe's, so am a little confused. Menards guy said oil based will yellow, water based won't. Didn't know if the shellac would. Lowe's lady said neither the oil or water based will yellow. She said the shellac would. The can of shellac says it wont. I get all kinds of answers on the Google search, so am not sure what is true. One even says the shellac won't darken, but the underlying wood will.
Can anyone shed some “light“ on this for me?
Oh, and maybe a little darkening with age isn't a big deal, since the room is mostly windows anyway.
My question is about ageing and yellowing (darkening). Got a different answer at Menards than I did at Lowe's, so am a little confused. Menards guy said oil based will yellow, water based won't. Didn't know if the shellac would. Lowe's lady said neither the oil or water based will yellow. She said the shellac would. The can of shellac says it wont. I get all kinds of answers on the Google search, so am not sure what is true. One even says the shellac won't darken, but the underlying wood will.
Can anyone shed some “light“ on this for me?
Oh, and maybe a little darkening with age isn't a big deal, since the room is mostly windows anyway.