Clysdalle's Carvin....UPDATE! Frankie is SMOOOOKIN....time for hardware and GREEN pg 19 - Tiki Carving

C Clysdalle Member Carlsbad, CA Joined: Jan 27, 2006 Posts: 1010	C Clysdalle Posted posted on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 11:04 AM On 2007-04-25 10:18, Babalu wrote: Yes - Yes!....a Frankie's Bride with the hair and all...Love the mental picture I'm a seeing...Who ever stole this one from you should go for the pair. The finish on this bad boy is tight Master C....can you tell more? Burn and stain? Nice colors. Props. Thanks Babalu! the finish on this guy was an experiment the entire time... I first sanded him down, then burned the dark areas in going a little light on the burn so the greens would pop. I then used a green water-based stain from Homedepot that I watered down about at about 1-1 and did washes of color. Once that was dry, 2 coats of spar varnish united all the colors with a soft golden hue and he was done! The stain really worked well with the dark spots....blending together nicely.

On 2007-04-25 10:18, Babalu wrote:
Yes - Yes!....a Frankie's Bride with the hair and all...Love the mental picture I'm a seeing...Who ever stole this one from you should go for the pair.

The finish on this bad boy is tight Master C....can you tell more? Burn and stain? Nice colors.

Props.

Thanks Babalu!

the finish on this guy was an experiment the entire time...

I first sanded him down, then burned the dark areas in going a little light on the burn so the greens would pop. I then used a green water-based stain from Homedepot that I watered down about at about 1-1 and did washes of color. Once that was dry, 2 coats of spar varnish united all the colors with a soft golden hue and he was done! The stain really worked well with the dark spots....blending together nicely.

Post #301729 by Clysdalle on Wed, Apr 25, 2007 11:04 AM