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I'll be trying it the next time I use this 'variation', thanks again.
could you expound on this?
I originally posted 704.5, not sure if Bryan had a typo, or changed it up a little by using 704.3, but I'm always happy to share how I did it.
When I do the battens in the next few days with the same process/colors I'll post it for you.
It's always more motivational to have more people joining in and posting, with ideas, thoughts and questions, the odd compliment is also much appreciated.
Hopefully some progress to show later tonight on the walls.
Here you can clearly see the colour difference between the inside and outside of the walls.
Craig the grain was indeed added with the wire wheel and plumbers brush by hand, as always.
The siding boards on this kit are 1x12 and 1 x 10 (.020 thick) so deep, wide graining is not as easily possible as it is with 2x12 (.040 x 1/4).
This added care and lighter touch that is needed for the thinner wood leads to a finer more intricate grain look.
The 3” stiff wire wheel gives the deeper more pronounced grain and the plumbers brush cleans out these ‘gouges’ and adds a finer grain around the deeper ones.
The spilt boards, cracked boards, broken boards and further detail are added individually and specifically to each board with an exacto knife as they are placed on the wall, and then glued.
Does this answer your question?
Jerry
Is that wire brush replacing your grill brush in this instance?
I pretty much always use the wire wheel Craig, it's stiff and severe and quick, after that I'll use a variation of the other brushes, depending on the final look I want.
coupled with a personal touch and my own feel I guess, but, straight out of the 'book'.
(I'm gonna stick with 'Fabricator', I like that, although 'Wizard of Wood' is a high compliment I'll proudly embrace as a secondary 'nom de plume'.) haha
Yes the knots are tooth picks, I thought that was shown in the previous pic's, I'll go back and check... It's also described in the manuals.
End grain stains/weathers/ages darker than face grain, much more absorbent, look at a fence, or siding, knots are usually darker.
Put in "knotty fence" to google and look at 'images'...
I tried chucking them up in my drill press many years ago Emery for tree trunks or dowels for pilings, and that works ok.
For something as delicate as .020 strip wood for siding I'm gonna keep doing it by hand lol... much more control, accuracy for specifics.
Below you will find a photo of a few of my go to tools for graining scale lumber.
Tools L to R:
3/4" brush for cleaning inside of copper fittings prior to soldering/sweating copper (Home Depot/ Plumbing)
1/2" brush for cleaning inside of copper fittings prior to soldering/sweating copper (Home Depot/ Plumbing)
Tool for cleaning your wood files and rasps. It has a rather aggressive set to the very fine stiff steel wire teeth. (I found this tool at my local Ace Hdw. and use it regularly when I am doing woodworking projects that require clean files and rasps. I find it extremely affective because of its aggressive stance for graining the scale lumber we use in our projects.)
Brass brush found in the plumbing section at Home Depot along with steel wire brushes.
Hope this helps you find more useful tools.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ