How To Polish Wood Carvings

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How to polish wood carvings. Give the piece of carvingsculpture a quick wipe with a dusting cloth. Wood carvings applied with this type of finish will last even if the carvings will have a highly intensive use. Apply the shoe polish not too generously otherwise it will take you longer to buff it all over the piece with the paint brush.

Once dry buff the carving with a horsehair shoe or rotary brush apply a second coat and buff it. You can use furniture polish or just a dry cloth. Simon Gilboy demonstrates the easiest ways to apply Gilboys Gold Beeswax Polish to carved woodPRODUCTS USED IN THE VIDEOGilboys Antique Gold Beeswax Furnitu.

Fine varieties of wood should not be stained. Then by taking away the material with a chisel he creates the shape and details. The most popular way of polishing a wood carving is applying a polishing compound such as beeswax to the wood after you carved it.

Leave it to rest for about half an hour or come back to it after youve done anything else you need to do you cannot over-rest it. Clean your wood sculpture with caution if the piece has not been sealed. This video will cover the basics for what you will ne.

Before staining wood carvings the surface must be made very smooth to prevent the wood swelling on the application of the stain. Checking the stain in a hidden spot first can help you make any changes you need. Use a large soft paperhangers brush or hogs hairbrush on the sculpture s particularly if the piece is old fragile and shows signs of deterioration.

The stain might not give the effect you were hoping for or it may not go on as well as you hoped. Using a sharp knife with the right angle edge grind is a key factor an enjoyable whittling experience. Steps to Clean the Carving.