[Woodcarver] Painting and Finishing

[Bob Campanaro]

Dan,

What do you mean, "the color changed" after brushing on the Linseed oil. 
  Also, be careful of it why?


bob

Daniel Heine wrote on 8/27/2004, 4:26 PM:

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 > Good Afternoon to all,
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 > I took a class with Phil and Vicki Bishop this past spring, and before
 > painting, we scrubbed our carvings with soap and water, then while the
 > wood
 > was still wet,
 > the paint was applied. Like many of the methods described in this
 > list, the
 > Delta ceramacoat paint was mixed with water according to the color.
 > Typically a few
 > drops of paint to a small cup of water. When we were finished and our
 > carving was dry, the colors were very pale. We then brushed on liberal
 > amounts of boiled
 > Linseed oil (be careful with this stuff), and the colors changed right
 > before our eyes. I know have a beautiful carving with a very nice color
 > 'wash'. The wet wood
 > prevented the colors from bleeding from one are into another, and the
 > highly
 > diluted paint gives it the colors to make it look realistic, bit you can
 > still see it is wood,
 > and did not come from a machine somewhere off shore.
 >
 > Take a look:
 >
 > http://home.comcast.net/~daniel.heine/Bishops.html
 >
 > The web page is horrible, I had to use the software from Comcast, but
 > I will
 > right my own in HTML when I can find the time.
 >
 > Good carving and have a great weekend,
 >
 > Dan Heine
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Bob Campanaro
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Stowe, VT