The timber was air dried local hardwood and was to have natural edges.
I planed it, used a slurry of putty to seal all cracks then carved the name.
I sprayed reflective silver in the bottom of the letters and then a layer of liquid glass to make it weatherproof.
Then I planed the surface again to remove the overspray.
It really looked good and I loved the spalting of the timber.
Today I gave it a coating of Golden Oak stain. I had already done stain testing and golden oak really made the spalting pop.
I could have cried. The stain found some fine veins in the timber and seeped under and through the silver paint.
It looks like the letters are bleeding



Note to self:
Stain and seal BEFORE applying paint. Be careful with overspray.