How to PAINT and FINISH your WOODCARVINGS with Pat Coffey 

Thanks Susan. Hope to see you back when you are able.

I’m glad you enjoyed the demo. All carvings had a base coat of minwax 209 natural. Then they were painted with thin acrylic paints. The demo piece went on to shade deep crevices and features with a darker paint, I think I used wrought iron. Once dry the, after the zoom ended, demo piece had a matte varnish by deco art applied. All other pieces, once painted had 3 coats of a matte sealer applied before antiquing. The three types of antiquing I used were; 1. a mix of watco dark and watco natural oil. 2. A mix of Briwax golden oak and Howard’s feed and wax 3. A mix of minwax aged oak diluted with mineral spirits. All those mixes are mixed to what you like, you can go darker or lighter. I’d recommend lighter and add another coat if you want. I hope that helps.

@@patcoffey8050 wonderful and thank you for the prompt reply. Exactly what I needed to fill in the blanks.

Not yet but the idea is percolating in my brain lol. S/F!!

I think I started with a 2.5 square block about 4 inches in length.

I would look up their web page and contact them via their email. They take orders on there.

I personally let it dry overnight but you can paint it “wet”. I’d give it 5 minutes to let it soak in but after that you can paint on it. Search for Pete LeClairs painting video, he paints wet.

@@patcoffey8050 Thank You... that makes it much easier to be able to paint it wet...😁

I’m not partial to any brand. I use basic craft acrylics and I get them from any hobby or craft stores.

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