rash_powder Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 Not sure if this is the right forum, so I apologize if I am in error. I have several of these cut out. 1/8” BB ply is the material. I don’t know how I should finish them. Paint each butterfly, stain the whole thing the same, BLO the whole thing, I don’t know. I can tell you I would rather have dental work done than paint. what do you all think?? Dave Monk, OCtoolguy and new2woodwrk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 Hey Mathew, it might look good painted, but I am not a painter, nor do I like staining BB. If this were mine, I might try a painted backer. I definitely would soak the the piece in a 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits. Then when dry, topcoat with Deft semi gloss spray lacquer. Good luck with what ever you decide to do. GrampaJim and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 Personally I would use Tung Oil. I also now have a spray can of quite sheer gold that I would use. It give a nice "sparkle" to things without really changing the colour. I used it on my layered dragonflies. Don't know if it shows up very well but here are the dragonflies I did. New Guy, meflick, dgman and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted March 26, 2020 Report Share Posted March 26, 2020 That's impressive cutting Barb! danny, barb.j.enders and OCtoolguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Would it be wrong to possibly color the butterflies in 3 different colors and paint the surrounding frame a light shade. Maybe an of-white? I think if done in the right colors it would be very pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2woodwrk Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Very nice cutting. Thanks for sharing it. My idea is (and it may be a real PITA): Clear coat them first, then using different colored/clear paper, cut out small pieces for the butterfly wing cutouts and adhere them to the back then place a backing behind that. I personally am not a big fan of painting wood myself mostly since I suck at it, but also I like the look of natural/stained wood with a clear poly finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I would mask the bodies and frame and spray or paint the butterfly a metallic color, gold or copper. Paint the bodies black. Danish oil or BLO the frame and use a colored oval backer, just behind the oval part of the frame. Possibly swirled blues and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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