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Justin SE IOWA

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How is this done? Weed burner held a couple feet back? Stain before or after? Im afraid the whole thing will burn not just the grain. Advice from someone who has done it needed! Thanks
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I've never done it but I've been a woodworker for 40 years. You don't have to worry about the whole thing going up. It would take more than a pass over the wood with a torch to ignite wood. Try it on a scrap piece of wood first just going over it with a propane torch to get the technique. I've seen plumbers do it a bunch of times sweating pipes.
 
Propane torch works just fine, middle school woodshop teacher taught us, for those that wanted a different look than stain and varnish. As others have said, practice on scrap first.

Rick
 
This is about the way I do it, but I like to define around the knots also.
If you are going to varnish product I suggest you to either use fine steel wool , or a fine sandpaper lightly after burning...It will make a better definition to the grain
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Why? Why would anyone want to burn wood? Why spoil perfectly good wood? It looks cheap and ugly after burning.

I've done woodworking since 1987 and I would never think of "burning" wood.
 
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I've done woodworking since 1987 and I would never think of "burning" wood.
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Now my life is complete.... Amazing how I survived til now without that knowledge :roll:
Your middle name ain't lou is it???????
 
just take a propane torch and kinda sweep with the grain and get where you want. Little longer/shorter as you see fit. Steel wool will help blend things.
PS. If you can still make it look nice (proportioned), the saddle will look good much longer if you make it as hide as the saddle sets on the horse's back. Some have a tendency to skirts rolling under...
 
Propane torch and some steel wool to help blend like said below. The important thing is to keep the propane torch moving, if you hold it in one area to long you may get results you can't fix. The most important bit of advice I can give is get some scraps of the wood you used and practice, trying different speeds and distances from the wood, this way you know how the wood is going to react. There are many wood workers out there who would never burn the wood and that is probably because they are making heirloom quality stuff which is beautiful. I on the other hand make rustic furniture and various other rustic wood products and burning gives it that old weathered look, I love it, best of luck, hand made things mean so much more than store bought. ~Anthony
 
You've REALLY got to reef on a solid piece of wood with a propane torch for a couple of minutes anyway, before it will ignite.

The bigger fire hazard is the sawdust and shop rags lying around. Get enough dust in the air, and it's almost like gasoline fumes in how big a fireball you get.

Google "sawdust cannon" for an example of what can happen under the right conditions.
 
Another option is to lightly coat with black spray paint, then rub with a cloth soaked with acetone. When finish is applied it darkens the grain.
 
I have finished the maple stock on my 1917 Enfield .25-06 this way. I used a propane torch and it turned out a nice warm tan color. I used BG Linspeed on it after singeing the wood. The process was developed by a famous old Swedish stockmaker, Alvin Linden, many, many years ago. He outlined how to do it in his book which has probably been out of print for 30 years. i would practice on some scrap first, but it's not that hard to do.
 
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