Babies and Weddings

[Mobius]

Few of the latest out of the woodshop:

[Mobius]

And another:

[highpockets]

Very creative work Conner. Thanks for sharing and giving me some ideas

[sluggo]

Wow, those signs are AMAZING! I hope to one day be able to do that!

Charlie

[dwilli9013]

Nice work they all look great.

[Bonch]

Would you cover your staining technique for the Cory and Marlee sign or point me to some literature on how it is done.

[Rcnewcomb]

Mobius/Connor Bredin,
You have a very distinctive style.

Can you tell us how it came about, and what your approach is when you design a project?

[Mobius]

Would you cover your staining technique for the Cory and Marlee sign or point me to some literature on how it is done.

Sure, my process was as follows:

1. Cut and sand the entire sign

2. Take a small brush and cover the top face of the first name lettering with gloss clear. Let this fully dry before moving on. This ensures that stain from the following steps doesn't soak into the wood on these areas.

3. With a small brush, paint the top surface of the surname lettering. For that sign I used a whitewash stain. It took 2-3 coats.

3a. After the whitewash was dry, I brushed on a single coat of a non-yellowing semi-gloss clear over the top face of the surname lettering to protect the white from the next step.

4. After the whitewash clear was dry, I took a brush and rag and liberally coated the entire inside of the sign with a grey stain. I let it soak in for a minute or so, then wiped the excess off.

5. After the background stain dried overnight, I block sand the top face of the first name lettering to bring it back to the natural light birch/maple colouring.

6. I then spray a non-yellowing semi-gloss clear over the sign and I'm done! Total time to colour the sign is about an hour (not including wait time between the staining stages and clear coats).

[Bonch]

Would you cover your staining technique for the Cory and Marlee sign or point me to some literature on how it is done.

Sure, my process was as follows:

1. Cut and sand the entire sign

2. Take a small brush and cover the top face of the first name lettering with gloss clear. Let this fully dry before moving on. This ensures that stain from the following steps doesn't soak into the wood on these areas.

3. With a small brush, paint the top surface of the surname lettering. For that sign I used a whitewash stain. It took 2-3 coats.

3a. After the whitewash was dry, I brushed on a single coat of a non-yellowing semi-gloss clear over the top face of the surname lettering to protect the white from the next step.

4. After the whitewash clear was dry, I took a brush and rag and liberally coated the entire inside of the sign with a grey stain. I let it soak in for a minute or so, then wiped the excess off.

5. After the background stain dried overnight, I block sand the top face of the first name lettering to bring it back to the natural light birch/maple colouring.

6. I then spray a non-yellowing semi-gloss clear over the sign and I'm done! Total time to colour the sign is about an hour (not including wait time between the staining stages and clear coats).

Thank you so much for the teaching. I hope to be able to duplicate one as well as you have done here.