Painting

[Daryl185]

I have a customer who wants her portriat painted after I scroll it having never used this approach befor whats the procedure? can I still soak the wood in BLO or Danish oil then paint it or what?

[Mike Crosa]

You are talking painting as in colors? Whew I think that could get touchy Daryl. Everyone sees things a bit differently. You could be asking for a pot of trouble. Just my opinion, take it for what it cost you.

[Daryl185]

yeah painting as in painting colors in parts of the portrait orange black and white I have seen peoples scrollings painted or dyed here in the past but have never had a reason to do it myself till now, any help would greatly be appreciated

[Mick Walker]

Daryl, I have painted the backer board but not the cutting itself. Will be difficult getting the color into the cut part or keeping it from running into the cut part. Don't see a reason for soaking it in BLO or Danish oil if you are going to paint it. I would practice on a scrolled scrap first. Good luck with it.

[Mike Crosa]

Daryl I was thinking more of the skin tones on a persons face.

[hermit_scroller]

I have painted some of the fretwork that I've done. I don't dip in anything and use a brush on poly as a finish. I would guess any spray or brush on finish would work. First after sanding, I put a coat of finish on it. This acts as a sealer and keeps the paint from bleeding through the wood. When dry, sand lightly, then paint. I use Delta Ceram Coat, a water based craft paint. I paint lightly, I don't like the paint to get into the cut-outs. "If you get paint into one, you gotta paint them all" When the paint is dry, put your final finish on.
This is the only picture I could find today.

[Daryl185]

Originally Posted by Mike Crosa

Daryl I was thinking more of the skin tones on a persons face.

ok I see now, thankfully the face and skin will stay wood its mostly the clothing thats to be painted

[Mike Crosa]

OK. I'm looking forward to seeing your completed project.

[minowevie]

Well Daryl. that is somthing . she wonts the clothing colored. is that right. I think leather dys would be great. still leaving the wood grain show. and the inside cuts would be darker. but a complement I am sure. you can do some sanding in places that is is to dark. I think I would start with some light wood, so I could get the face right. and you can always use color. maybe a burn line between the face and cloths, so the color don't run. or some other resest. the nice thing about dyes, and stains, you can shade , and add or subtrack color. paint, no. not paint. I am sure you will get it done, with great sucsess. your friend Evie