Two tone stain on cherry.

[unitedcases]

We have been trying to figure the two tone stain out but just too busy to really drop everything and experiment with new stuff.

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[Northwoods Woodcrafter]

I work with cherry all the time and you're absolutely correct that the unstained cherry will darken with age. I've heard that it takes UV light to get it to darken, so you might try to finish the lettering with something that blocks UV light. I think I'll give that a try myself. It doesn't takelong for cherry to darken in direct sun. I'll coat half a scrap board and report back.

Pete

[dehrlich]

Well customers being customers, they changed thier mind and want to go with maple. Also want the first names and the date/heart line stained with the rest left natural. I think my project just got a lot easier.

[lawrence]

congrats! Don't ya love it when that happens

Lawrence

[rcdages]

Kevin,

Outstanding sign you carved.

What is the name of the script font you used and were did you get it??

[henry1]

real nice carve keep it up

[dehrlich]

Thanks. Font on the jayhawk sign is called "corbel". One I already had, not sure where I got it.

Am looking in to getting a crafters license from KU and KSU. I posted this pic on Facebook and everybody wants one. Hard to paint, don't see why $80 would be unreasonable do you?

[Bigtyme]

$80 is a very good price, dehrlich. that is a lot of carving and painting. You might want to think about adding a motor and clock hands and charging $100. The motor will set you back about $4 and the CW can handle all the work to get it ready for the motor....

[rcdages]

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This sign was carved from pine, but the darker letters were dyed mahogany. I use analine dyes. In this case a coat of polyurethane was applied over the bare pine, then the letters were dyed. The poly seemed to keep the dye from running at all.

Kevin[/QUOTE

Sorry for the mis understanding. this script is the one I wanted to know about.

[JuicyCarp]

The script is Edwardian Script, and it was already on my computer, either with the designer or part of MS Word. It seems to be a favorite though! I am about to start my 14th carve using that script, ive only had this machine for a couple of weeks!