Working on a Christmas gift. I got the wood scrap, but I think it’s walnut. Eventually planning to polyurethane and fill in the engraving with black paint, but I’m stuck on how/weather to stain it.
I have a few stains from various projects, but on a sample piece they showed up really dark, and didn’t show the texture that well. It’s a little too late to do boiled linseed oil.
What would you recommend?
Just got back from the wood shop. Guy there suggested dying epoxy, filling the engraving, then sanding the epoxy flat before applying oil.
Just realizing now that that will eliminate the 3D nature of the engraving, but given my time crunch, it might be the best plan.
Edit: just did a trial run with some random acrylic paint and BLO. Really thought the oil would affect the paint, but apparently that’s not the case.
This scrap was roughly sanded with 120 grit for just a few minutes. I expect it’ll look great with proper preparation.
Not a woodworker but could you oil it, pour clear epoxy, sand flat and re-oil? That'll keep the 3d effect to some degree.
How do you mean? My assumption is that the epoxy will completely fill the engraving. And because it’s opaque, it’ll look like a flat layer on the outside.
Ah, thought it was clear epoxy.
This was exactly my thought