[Woodcarver] Staining Basswood

[mary jo tiger]

Thanks Susan,I'll give a test.I'll let you know how it turns out.:] Mary jo


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>Subject: RE: [Woodcarver]  Staining Basswood
>Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:28:39 -0400
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>Hi Mary Jo,
>
>Please, it's Susan to all of my friends!  The only ones who call me Ms.
>Irish are telemarketer's that are doing those fake survey phone calls
>that turn into selling phone calls :)
>
>Staining basswood can be tricky because of the very fine grain of the
>wood.  Stains tend to grab hard and over saturate the wood so that you
>end up with one solid dark color instead of nice stained accents in the
>carved lines with lighter tones on the high area of the carving.  Before
>you do anything I suggest doing a small practice piece first.  If the
>staining does not come out the way you want it to you have only lost a
>small piece, not your major carving.
>
>So get a small piece of basswood, do a simple carving that has some
>texture, some high areas, and some detailing.  Usually I will seal the
>wood first with a spray polyurethane, several light coats to build up a
>nice coating.  Remember to turn the piece with each spraying ... One
>time spray with the piece upright, the next time upside down, then maybe
>another time across the diagonal.  This insures that every area gets at
>least one or two coats of polyurethane.
>
>Allow it to dry well, I usually stain the day after I seal the work.  I
>use an oil finish and do a little area at a time, working quickly.  It's
>sort of brush and wipe right away sort of thing.  When everything has
>been stained you can use a little turp on the rag to dress up the
>carving blending any areas where one section of staining didn't quite
>blend into another section.  Let this dry well ... Again at least a
>day's worth.
>
>You can now use your oil paints to add color and someone on the digest
>shared a wonderful technique for applying acrylics over an oil base
>stains that is really great. My variation of their idea is posted at
>http://www.carvingpatterns.com\projects\drybrushing.htm
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Susan (Irish)
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>Hi All, I have a question;I'm doing a relief carving of an Elk and a
>large
>twisted cedar tree,it's one of the patterns on  Ms. Irishs website.I'm
>almost done and I don't know whether to stain it or to color it.Is there
>any
>way I can stain it and then paint over it if I don't like the
>results.The
>carving is on basswood.HELP! Mary jo
>
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