[Woodcarver] Basswood Finish

[Bill Smith]

hi lynn what u can do is take oil paints n then keepin
it as a wash this will give u a narutel finish n still
be able to tell it was made from wood.. Or u can also
use the water base pain then seal it as well.. 

or u can take linseed oil the color u want from an oil
base paint which is deluted so that its can be seen on
the project. 

Hope this will help

Bill
--- Lynn Diel <carvers_creek at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> > Dick
> A friend of mine carved one and he took plastic and
> wrapped the golf ball while he stained the wood.
> Lynn
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> >From: "Al" 
> >
> >I am making a golfball-in-cage of basswood as a
> mememto for a friend who 
> >got
> >a hole-in-one. I am burning images on the upper
> four sides of the basswood
> >block and relieving some of the images. I want to
> give the whole thing a
> >nice finish (not painted) and am tending toward
> stain but do not want it to
> >look blotchy. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> 
> Mornin' Al.
> 
> Really don't know how you'd do this. Bill Russell
> explained the method of 
> putting the ball in the
> cage in Edition #2 of Carving Magazine, but he did
> not address the finishing 
> he used. I have done quite a few & I have always
> used clear water-based 
> acrylic to finish it up.
> 
> Basically the wood is soaked in water, the ball
> inserted, and the wood 
> allowed to dry. If you
> stain the wood, before soaking, I don't know if the
> stain would allow the 
> wood to absorb
> enough water to make it flexible enough for the ball
> to go inside. If you 
> inserted the ball into
> the cage & then stained it, I don't know how you'd
> be able to keep the stain 
> off of the ball.
> 
> Hopefully, someone can come-up with a solution.
> 
> Dick Carter
> >From the Manadnock area of NH
> rhc511 at hotmail.com
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