Originally Posted by
Joseph Tovar
Hi Nancy, I'm engraving some miniture bats, which are finished. The engraving comes out very nice on the natural wood, but some customers have asked about colors. Why do you use floor wax to seal the ends of the grain pores? Don't you want the paint to adhere or seep into the wood, where it's engraved? Or do you want a layer of wax to sit below the paint so it doesn't seep into the wood? Then another layer of wax over the paint to seal it? Is this the correct method?
1)Engrave
2)Wax
3)Paint
4)Wax
Just curious, but is the above drying process pretty quick, or is every waxing/painting different amounts of time? For example, when you use acrylic paints to do the fill, do I need to wipe off excess immediately, or can I wait a few minutes for the paint in the engraving to dry a little before wiping excess off?
Also, is the acrylic paint something special, or just any acrylic paint? I walked into Michaels Arts/Crafts and they had soooo many types of paint I wasn't sure what to grab to try out.
Thanks again to all the replies!