Andy Dingley wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:30:03 -0600, "Relz" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>My dad tells me that the wooden headboard and bed frame that I have has been
>>colored by use of a propane torch instead of using stain. Is this something
>>that was popular at one time?
>
>
> Every damned school woodwork class tries it. Hideous effect, it always
> ends up looking the same.
Hideous if over done, perhaps. done properly, it looks not even
remotely "hideous" as you've declared.
Dave
About 20 years ago we took it one step past common sence. we were
making hatch doors into coffee tables. We would normally burn the doors
with a propane torch and wire brush the soft grain out. epoxy the whole
thing and you had a great looking table. Being young and stupid, a bad
combination, we didnt think that the torch was fast enough so we took 4
of the doors out to the back yard, lightly covered them with gasoline
and set them on fire. Boy was that fast. after a visit by the fire
department, a neighbor called it in, we were lucky not to be arrested.
Now I only use stain.
On 14 Mar 2006 16:17:11 -0800, "sdppm" <[email protected]> wrote:
>About 20 years ago we took it one step past common sence. we were
>making hatch doors into coffee tables. We would normally burn the doors
>with a propane torch and wire brush the soft grain out. epoxy the whole
>thing and you had a great looking table. Being young and stupid, a bad
>combination, we didnt think that the torch was fast enough so we took 4
>of the doors out to the back yard, lightly covered them with gasoline
>and set them on fire. Boy was that fast. after a visit by the fire
>department, a neighbor called it in, we were lucky not to be arrested.
>Now I only use stain.
Have your eyebrows grown back yet? *g*
Mac
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Relz wrote:
> My dad tells me that the wooden headboard and bed frame that I have has been
> colored by use of a propane torch instead of using stain. Is this something
> that was popular at one time? Have any of you tried it?
>
>
Yes. It leaves quite an interesting look, if done correctly. Don't
start a fire, though! :) I covered the results in epoxy and after 30
years it's still looks great. I took a rectangular piece of plywood,
cut a roughly 45 degree bevel all around the edge, and then hacked up
the edge randomly. Then I took a torch to it. It might sound weird,
but it made an attractive backdrop for a large picture that I glue to
the ply and then covered the whole thing in epoxy.
Dave
"sdppm" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> About 20 years ago we took it one step past common sence. we were
> making hatch doors into coffee tables. We would normally burn the doors
> with a propane torch and wire brush the soft grain out. epoxy the whole
> thing and you had a great looking table. Being young and stupid, a bad
> combination, we didnt think that the torch was fast enough so we took 4
> of the doors out to the back yard, lightly covered them with gasoline
> and set them on fire. Boy was that fast. after a visit by the fire
> department, a neighbor called it in, we were lucky not to be arrested.
> Now I only use stain.
>
Talk about a burning desire for woodworking!
V
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:30:03 -0600, "Relz" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>My dad tells me that the wooden headboard and bed frame that I have has been
>colored by use of a propane torch instead of using stain. Is this something
>that was popular at one time?
Every damned school woodwork class tries it. Hideous effect, it always
ends up looking the same.