[Woodcarver] Painting and Finishing

[Daniel Heine]

Bob,

The boiled linseed oil caused the colors to darken, and become more
pronounced. Be careful because boiled linseed oil is extremely flammable.

Thanks,
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Campanaro" <re2camp at aol.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Painting and Finishing


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> 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,
>  >
>  > 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
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