Staining Basswood Carvings

To demonstrate these techniques i chose this fun wood spirit whom i call woodie that is carved from basswood.

Staining basswood carvings. Im becoming more and more convinced that using oil paint is the way to go when coloringstaining wood carvings. Watch the free beginner lesson 13 carving a camellia flower. Please keep in mind that i work primarily with basswood and my answers relate to basswood. How to prepare and seal basswood linden wood wood carving for staining or painting fred zavadil.

Yes basswood takes stain well but will not show grain unless you pretreat the. Learn how to carve the piece shown in this lesson. Uses for basswood include food containers caskets toys and mobile homes. While basswood is great for carving it can be a bit bland visually.

If you stain directly the use of a lighter stain rather than something like walnut or jacobean you will be much happier with the finished product. It certainly is better than trying to control commercial liquid stains which yield awful blotchy results on basswood. Most of the questions i get on regular basis are about how i prepare my basswood wood carvings for painting staining and finishing and about stains and paints used. Since basswood is a soft wood it tends to blotch when a stain is applied to it.

This is a brief introduction to basic finishing techniques for basswood carvings special guest dan hamilton teaches us some basic finishing techniques for basswood carvings. Watch fred zavadil preparing one of his basswood wood carvings for staining and finishing. In this video i demonstrate some of the sealing techniques which are effective at preparing basswood for staining. If you would like to watch a video of me mixing stain and staining one of my basswood relief carvings please scroll down.

It is a light color which makes it pretty to use as is or stain for a deeper color. Basswood is grown through most of the world and is one of the most common woods available. Very interesting staining method. They reach the dust rag stage they go directly to the washing machine to be bleached dried then stored away for later staining use.

Stain on bass wood ive found that if you use a sanding sealer prior to staining the effect is much better. Basswood is the most popular carving wood because of its clean white coloring fine and even grain and softness in cutting qualities.