grainer
Simulates wood patterns
A grainer is a tool or technique used to create artificial wood grain patterns on painted surfaces, or a person who does such work.
The tool typically has a textured rubber or metal surface that, when dragged through wet glaze, produces streaks resembling natural wood grain.
House painters and decorative finishers use graining to make inexpensive materials look like oak, walnut, or other woods: The grainer transformed the plain door into faux mahogany.
One who creates veined patterns
- glazierWindow installer by trade
- restorerOne who repairs
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
apprentice · journeyman · master · specialist · old-world · guild · tradesperson
Toothed grooming implement
Arranging strands with teeth
- draggingPulling with effort
- floggingBeating as punishment
- scumbleSoften by overlaying thin paint
- glazingGlossy protective coating
mottler · softener · rocker · feathering · stippling · marbling · trompe-l'oeil · simulation
marbler
One who creates veined patterns
- glazierWindow installer by trade
- restorerOne who repairs
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
artisan · apprentice · journeyman · master · specialist · old-world · guild · tradesperson
comb
Toothed grooming implement
combing
Arranging strands with teeth
glazing · mottler · softener · rocker · feathering · stippling · marbling · trompe-l'oeil · simulation · imitation
heartwood
Tree's central wood
figure · cathedral · quarter-sawn · bird's-eye · flame · curl · crotch · veneer · marquetry · intarsia
granular
Made of tiny particles
pebbled · rough · stippled · mottled · striated · veined · knotted · figured · irregular · streaked
grainercarpenter
Timber construction tradesperson
woodworker · cabinetmaker · joiner · luthier · carver
- grain of saltSkepticism about claims
- against the grainContrary to natural tendency
- whole grainCereal with intact seed
- grain elevatorsTall crop storage structures
- with a grain of saltWith reserved belief
- grain of truthSmall accurate element within
grain, grains, grainy, grained, engrained, graining, wholegrain, graininess, multigrain