Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
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Re: Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
Well this is probably old news now, but I wanted to show my latest project using the techniques I learned here.
I made this cutting board out of maple with purple heart edges. Then carved the grapes from the Aspire disc.
I then did the cleanup sanding. Applied two coats of sanding sealer. I wanted to leave some 'tooth' to the wood. I then painted with acrylic paint. It took two coats of paint to get the proper shading. I then highlighted the grapes and leaves with a wet towel and 600grit sand paper. I let it dry for 24 hours then finished with two coats of lacquer.
It is 10x17" x 1" thick. The other side was left raw and then I used mineral oil and let it soak in. This goes in a 9' hutch with wine and wine glasses. I hope to finish the hutch up this week, but thought this turned out well enough to show.
Again thanks for the tutorial, I keep coming up with ways to use it. Learning from others is much cheaper than teaching your self.
I made this cutting board out of maple with purple heart edges. Then carved the grapes from the Aspire disc.
I then did the cleanup sanding. Applied two coats of sanding sealer. I wanted to leave some 'tooth' to the wood. I then painted with acrylic paint. It took two coats of paint to get the proper shading. I then highlighted the grapes and leaves with a wet towel and 600grit sand paper. I let it dry for 24 hours then finished with two coats of lacquer.
It is 10x17" x 1" thick. The other side was left raw and then I used mineral oil and let it soak in. This goes in a 9' hutch with wine and wine glasses. I hope to finish the hutch up this week, but thought this turned out well enough to show.
Again thanks for the tutorial, I keep coming up with ways to use it. Learning from others is much cheaper than teaching your self.
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Wow, Butch! That is really nice! Great project!
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Re: Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
Thank you Tim.. This is very timely for me...
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very good work Tim
thank you
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Excellent, just what I needed..Thank you.
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Awesome job Tim! Can't wait to try it out.
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Very nice work Tim
Thank you
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Thanks i pick-up
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Sorry to dig up an old thread and I don't have Aspire. I only have Vcarve Desktop, but I snuck in here to grab that glazing tutorial.... lol. Great job and it was very detailed for a newbie like me. But one thing I was a little confused on was the GEL. I never worked with GEL stain before although we were told to use GEL stain on a fiberglass door we purchased a few years ago. I never got around to trying it, so I am new to it. I bought a can and opened it up and looked at it... lol. It is like jello. How do you apply that? Do you dig a normal brush into it and scoop up a glob and smear it? Sorry if this is elementary, but I am an old newbie and never worked with it before. A little advice on how to apply it would help me. I use an old cut up Tee shirt to apply other normal stains... is it the same concept? Thanks again.
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Re: Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
Google is your friend
I don't have any personal experience with gel stain myself but a google search throws up a lot of options, this video is by General Finishes so it's from a manufacturer & should be good info. They seem to have quite a few different tutorials on how to apply it to different surfaces
Hope this helps, sure one of the experts will comment if its completely rubbish
I don't have any personal experience with gel stain myself but a google search throws up a lot of options, this video is by General Finishes so it's from a manufacturer & should be good info. They seem to have quite a few different tutorials on how to apply it to different surfaces
Hope this helps, sure one of the experts will comment if its completely rubbish
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Re: Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
Apply a light sealant (lacquer, 1/2 pound shellac, light spray of poly) and wait for that to dry.A little advice on how to apply it would help me.
Wipe the gel stain on with a rag and then immediately wipe it off.
If it isn't dark enough do it again and wait a bit longer before wiping it off.
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Re: Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
Thanks guys for the reply. I actually thought that trying to google something so elementary would take me down the rabbit hole...
But I get it now... old rag, not a brush. That was my main point.
But I get it now... old rag, not a brush. That was my main point.
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Thank you for the time and effort you put into this guide. I'm going to try this on a project I just carved - ready for finishing.
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Re: Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
WOW! Your wolf all but jumped off the plate! Nice job!
And thank you for the PDF file.
I was bumbling around a Menards store some time back and was looking for something in the way of paint that looked metallic without the shine for spraying an Indian Head/Buffalo nickel and wound up talking to an old employee. He took me to a shelf where he pulled out a can that had "Nickel" as the color and it came out actually looking like a nickel.
We have access to much more in the way of finishes to make our work stand out and your glazing process is one of those!
And thank you for the PDF file.
I was bumbling around a Menards store some time back and was looking for something in the way of paint that looked metallic without the shine for spraying an Indian Head/Buffalo nickel and wound up talking to an old employee. He took me to a shelf where he pulled out a can that had "Nickel" as the color and it came out actually looking like a nickel.
We have access to much more in the way of finishes to make our work stand out and your glazing process is one of those!
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Re: Glazing your 3D Carving - A Step by Step Guide
Dude, a seriously wonderful read. I'm definitely going to try it your way