Your New Favorite Wood-Stain 'Recipe' | For Wood Burning Art

 This wood-stain recipe was especially formulated just for me by my husband. 

He's a certified expert in advanced colors and textures layering techniques.

The final result is a dark, haunting tone without overpowering delicately hand crafted wood-burn design.

'Ghostly' Earrings by Moody Mercury Designs

DREAM WOOD STAIN ‘RECIPE’:

 

• Weathered Oak 270: https://amzn.to/3jOezGl 
• Mission Oak: https://amzn.to/3OjAH9C 
• *Follow Manufacturer's Instructions, do not mix liquids together!!

 

The first layer is a very light shade called 'weathered oak 270' by MINWAX. This acts as a protective barrier, preserving delicate linework and hand-painted colors.

 

Allow this to dry and cure (about two hours)

 

Haunting Wood Stain by Moody Mercury Designs

 

The second layer is a 'polyshade' layer. That's wood-stain and polymer-finish in one step. We live for it!

 

The second layer can be the more tedious one, as it's important to entirely avoid any hand-painted color at this step. 

 

(You can seal your color-work with a clear varnish, if you like.)