I have been playing around with a burnt finish on the bases for flowers. Although I have been burning the bases for awhile but I have never tried lightly sanding afterwards and I am really happy with the results. I just took some steel wool and sanded in a circular motion until the surface of the wood was a nice even brown(base on the right). The I used General Finishes Clear to finish it (base on left in above picture). By sanding after the burning I feel that I get softer, smoother finish. I was also getting some cranking along the end grain, so I took some black acrylic paint and mixed it with wood filler. That solved the problem nicely.
Gabe Says:
November 30th, 2006 at 8:07 pmVisit Gabe
Dave,
I figured out the if I go into the html option and change the height to 337 and width to 450 it seems post it at the right size.
nate logan Says:
December 1st, 2006 at 9:19 amVisit nate logan
Very, very cool. How do you get the petals shaped like that? Wood shaping, a big/bent enough piece to start with, or something else?
Gabe Says:
December 1st, 2006 at 10:00 amVisit Gabe
They are actually cut, on the bandsaw, out of 3/4 inch lumber. Then I shape them on a 12″ stationary disc sander.
nate logan Says:
December 4th, 2006 at 9:27 amVisit nate logan
They are insane amounts of awesome. I’d love to see a little (video?) tutorial on how you bust those babies out…