I have a room with walls consisting of unfinished pine carsiding. After a couple years, the wood has darkened due to exposure to sunlight. I don’t mind that – the only problem is that wherever there was a piece of furniture blocking sunlight or a picture on the wall, the wood behind it did not change color; it is still light and I now have distinct outlines on the walls showing where I had pictures and furniture. I now want to put a clear finish on the walls using polyurethane or shellac. Before I apply the finish, is there anything I can do to those light wall areas that had been out of sunlight to get them darker like the rest of the walls?
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In short - no. Other than put furniture where there was not, and vice-versa.
Forrest
I've always wondered if a UV light could be used to darken wood selectively.
Could be a whole new line of work- matching wood colors without stains/ dyes.
I've always wondered if a UV light could be used to darken wood selectively.
Its done all the time with Cherry. I think there was a FW article on this at one time.You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
no. you can sand all the walls to get new wood showing so they are evenly light. But they will still age again from the UV. Low E coatings on the window glass can decrease this effect in the future
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