{"id":84,"date":"2017-04-04T03:06:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T03:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justanotherpirateblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/barrels\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T14:20:40","slug":"barrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justanotherpirateblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/barrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrels"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my ancestors was a cooper, so I\u2019ve researched this a bit.<\/p>\n

Barrels are made from white oak staves and iron bands. When new (below) they\u2019re a light wood color and the bands are generally black (although I have seen them a dark iron color, too). As they age, the wood oxidizes and darkens, not necessarily evenly. Oak yellows as it oxidizes so too dark a brown color wouldn\u2019t look right. Then there\u2019s dirt and grime.<\/p>\n

The iron bands rust, turning a rust red. I would imagine that being in the salt air on a ship, that rusting process would go faster. The red-hot\u00a0 iron bands burn the wood as they\u2019re put on, so if the bands were outlines in black and painted maroon red that would look pretty good. (Header picture)<\/p>\n

Whiskey barrels are smaller than wine (or water) barrels. Given the scale and the size of the barrels we get from Hobby Lobby, I would call them water\/wine barrels<\/p>\n

I have some which I haven\u2019t painted. As a sample, I started with a dark brown wash (Devlan Mud) to bring out the lines between the staves. The acrylic paints penetrated the small wood barrels OK. I do have some reddish wood stain I might try.<\/p>\n

Below, new barrels.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0And older barrels with the iron bands rusted red.<\/p>\n

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