Post #604293 by Luki on Sat, Aug 27, 2011 8:04 AM

Here's a question for all you talented & experienced carvers:

If I want to try my hand at carving Witco-style moldings, what's the process like?

Are they usually hand-carved or chainsaw-carved? And how is that textured / grainy feel achieved? It almost seems like some type of wire brush or something was taken to them to get that texture, then somehow smoothed out.

And then are they blowtorched after to get that charred effect?

If I stick to my plan for my basement tiki lounge, I'm going to need a lot of this kind of molding, so I figured I'd give it a shot, but I'm not sure where to start.

Thanks!

Luki

P.S. I did a search on "carving molding" but didn't find anything that really seemed to go over the process