The pale golden color and generous sprinkling of open knots give knotty pine its distinctive and well loved look.
White washed pine doors.
Follow the grain of the wood and wipe away excess stain with another clean rag.
Make sure to work white stain into any knots that may be in the wood to accentuate the knot.
Technique 1 paint and water.
Apply the white stain with a brush.
Before you whitewash cabinets remove the doors and clean the cabinets with heavy duty degreaser.
Using a clean rag apply the whitewash stain with long smooth strokes that all go in one direction.
Back in the day natural woods were whitewashed with a lime solution to keep furniture and home building planks and boards safe from insects.
Whitewash is an ideal finish to apply over new untreated pine.
Once the stain has set up for 2 to 3 minutes work the stain into the wood using a rag and wipe away the excess stain wiping gently with the grain.
Mix paint and water to desired consistency for this example i used equal parts.
Whitewash stain is ideally suited to pine.
Rather than simply painting it white a whitewash effect allows the grain of the wood to show through preserving the natural beauty while freshening up a plain wooden door.
Whitewashing a plain wooden door is a way to finish it inexpensively and attractively.
The key is to use a semi transparent stain as an opaque stain will look like paint.
How to give a whitewash effect to a wooden door.