Finishes “Paint and Stains” at Michael McGuire Design

Natural Cherry

Example of Natural Oiled Cherry. I use three different finishes. Tung Oil Finish, Linseed Oil and Varnish and a Lacquer or Poly Finish.

Natural Cherry highlights the natural color of the wood. It is a peachy color and looks nice in an Oiled Finish.

Natural Tiger Maple

Example of Natural Oiled Tiger Maple. I use three different finishes. Tung Oil Finish, Linseed Oil and Varnish and a Lacquer or Poly Finish.

Tiger maple is a Blonde colored wood with stripes. Is an American Exotic wood and looks nice in an Oiled Finish.

natural walnut

Example of Natural Oiled Walnut. I use three different finishes. Tung Oil Finish, Linseed Oil and Varnish and a Lacquer or Poly Finish.

Natural Walnut is s special wood. It is dark purple/brown colored. Works well with Tiger Maple as an accent wood based on the contrasting color.

Tiger Maple with Dark Amber Stain

Example of Tiger Maple with an aniline stain. It is a natural stain, a pigment added to water. It is a stain which brings out the full grain of the wood.

This stain looks great on Early American Shaker, Queen Anne, Chippendale and Sheraton furniture.

Tiger Maple with Yellow Amber Stain

Example of Tiger Maple with an aniline stain. Made from natural earth pigments and mixed with water, it is a more natural finish for staining, eliminating chemicals.

A lighter stain for more historic Antique finish, can be distressed to look aged.

Tiger maple with light amber tone

Example of Tiger Maple stain for duplicating an antique hue. This stain finish looks great distressed and glazed with a black stain.

Black Cherry With Antique Stain

Antique Cherry Stain over raw Cherry wood looks like it has aged 100 years. Looks nice on Early American reproductions. I age this stain with dents, scratches and then glaze with a black stain to make it look like an antique.

Black Cherry with Light reddish Tones

Light Cherry Stain with reddish tones. Finished with Poly.

Black Cherry with Amber Stain #141

Example of my Tiger maple Stain used on Cherry. This is almost an exact match to what an oiled Cherry finish will look like in 20 years. Oiled Cherry wood darkens with age, so this stain mimics the aged Cherry. This stain also works well with a distressed finish and glazed with black glaze.

Antique White distressed and glazed

Antique White Milk Paint with slight distressing and glazed to age paint. I clear coat this paint to protect paint and make it more water resistant.

Black Milk Paint Distressed and Glazed

Antique Black Milk Paint with light distressing and glazed. I clear coat to protect paint and make this more water resistant.

Black Milk Paint over British Red

Antique Black Milk paint painted over British Red. Secondary paint is made to look like it was painted over years ago and aged through time. I clear coat to protect the paint and make it more water resistant.

Stone Blue Milk paint distressed and Glazed

Example of Stone Blue Milk paint distressed and glazed, then clear coated to make more water resistant.