Rockytime Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, oldhudson said: Very creative Les!! It has a very casual/rustic look, so in some applications its very good and in others I don't think it will work well. Are the corners simply glued together or did you add some mechanical fastener? And how thick is it? The corners are just glued with Titebond III. Usually I reinforce the corners with a couple of staples. The cutting is not fastened into the frame yet. I'll use the Honey pine on it and give it a topcoat of shellac or semi gloss lacquer. The material is 1/2" thick. Edited January 2, 2021 by Rockytime Add text. John B and OzarkSawdust 2 Quote
Rockytime Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Posted January 2, 2021 20 hours ago, preprius said: how about scrolling indian symbols in frame? Cool idea but I am not familiar with Indian symbols. In addition the frame is only 1-1/2" wide so the symbols would be too small for these old eyes to cut. If I were able to do so, symbols could be wood burned on the frame. That would look great. Unfortunately I can no longer even write. I have to crudely draw each character or number. Thanks for the idea though. John B 1 Quote
preprius Posted January 2, 2021 Report Posted January 2, 2021 Ok here is my other idea that is a little bit easier. But might not look good. Since the wood chips kinda look crystals, have different colors of stains to enhance the particle / chips shapes. Only do the large ones. Then use the honey stain over everything. Maybe high gloss vs satin on big chunks might add a frost crystal effect. Oh when I did a leather project that industry had stamps for symbols including indian southwest symbols. Before I made the model train, I made a belt with that train loco embossed stamped on leather. Rockytime 1 Quote
jerrye Posted January 2, 2021 Report Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) You could try using thinned acrylic paint to stain. It can be made as opaque as you want, allowing most or just some of the grain through. It's available in a vast palette of colors as well. Edited January 2, 2021 by jerrye Rockytime 1 Quote
Charlie E Posted January 2, 2021 Report Posted January 2, 2021 I wouldn't have guessed it would turn out looking so good. I like it! Nice job! Rockytime and amazingkevin 1 1 Quote
OzarkSawdust Posted January 2, 2021 Report Posted January 2, 2021 Cool idea Les! I like the Honey Pine stain. I'll have to try it sometime if I run across a piece of material. Rockytime 1 Quote
Bill WIlson Posted January 2, 2021 Report Posted January 2, 2021 Interesting. I would caution you regarding using any water based paint on OSB. It could get underneath the surface and lift the flakes. I put it on the walls of my shop. Painted it with a standard latex interior paint and have a few places where the surface is lifting. Not a big deal on a shop wall, but maybe not ideal on a frame. If you paint with water based, I would seal it first with shellac. Rockytime and amazingkevin 1 1 Quote
amazingkevin Posted January 2, 2021 Report Posted January 2, 2021 Gorgeous looking!!! Rockytime 1 Quote
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