Since I mainly do mission style furniture, may favorite recipe is asphaltum mix, very easy to use and does not take alot of time.
I recently had a chance to build a dresser and night stand out of walnut. I used a witches brew finish for them.
With a piece of scrap left over i decided to try some asphaltum on the walnut to see what would happen.
It came out really good. I guess the asphaltum really highlights the grain.
The pic is to large to upload, but here is a link-
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...w/Walnut-2.jpg
I sanded the board to 180 grit, applied one coat of asphaltum, then 3 coats of blond shellac.
Thanks
Dave