Crafted Northwest Doors

Distress Options

• Hand Tooling
• Hand Tooling with Surface Impressions
• Hand Planning
• Hand Planning with Surface impressions
• Surface Impressions alone

When a distress is done properly it creates a warm relaxed feeling allowing a room's  inhabitants to feel comfortable being there.

Crafted Northwest Doors specializes in hand crafted distresses and offers a variety of options that can be mixed and matched to create the custom  appearance you're looking for.  The resulting distress can range from "gently warn" to "heavily rustic" or anywhere in between.

Surface Impressions

Surface Impressions can be applied alone, with Hand Tooling or with Hand Planning.  A combination of all the different surface impressions can be applied or you can choose just your favorites.  The Surface impressions can be applied light, medium or heavy to meet your needs.  Available surface impressions are:

• Nicks & Mars
• Worm Holes
• Veining

Nick and Mars Samples

Chisel Mark	Slag
Slag Drag	Chain Marks
Punch Marks

Worm Hole Sample

Worm Holes	Worm Holes with a few Slag marks

Veining Samples

Small Veining	Deep Veining

 

Hand Tooling - ease all sharp edges

• Light Tooling
• Medium Tooling
• Heavy Tooling

The Sample to the right is distressed with a heavy hand tooling along with surface impressions (mars, nicks and worm holes).

Hand Tooling adds an Elegant Old World warmth to a door.

Hand Planning - produces a wavy effect on the door surface

• Shallow Grooves
• Medium Grooves
• Deep Grooves
• Scooped Grooves
• Chatter -
  • Light Chatter
  • Medium Chatter
  • Heavy Chatter

The Panel to the right is an example of hand planning with medium chatter.