Aged kitchen table look wood needed

[D700Doug]

I have been unsuccessfully looking for some largish pieces of aged and worn timber for a photographic background for food photos like this.

A piece of pine I scratched and aged.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5371299543_4832dc103a.jpg

Any suggestions around Melbourne or to the east for something like this ?

I am out in Heyfield in Gippsland and have been hoping to find something in a farm clearing sale or the like but no luck so far.

[movay_2008]

You can beat it with chains as well. I used to work in a factory 'aging' table tops. I had a little booth and a gas torch. I'd burn just enough not to cause depressions or pits, then wire brush. Have you tried the dump?

[D700Doug]

Sadly I am not allowed to go to the dump or garage sales without a responsible adult accompanying me :roll:

Our local dump has a no scavenging rule I have done the hammer and burn stuff but it never looks the same as true age.

[Poppa]

Try second hand furniture shops or junk shops. Or salvaged timber yards. Or antique shops (but only if you've got lots of cash!).