https://www.instagram.com/p/BCoOnjym8RC/
Raw frame but splines are stained - how would one do this without getting the stain on the timber?
I have also seen it where the frame is stained and the spline is raw.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BCoOnjym8RC/
Raw frame but splines are stained - how would one do this without getting the stain on the timber?
I have also seen it where the frame is stained and the spline is raw.
I've seen it done with a router and also a cabinet saw. This link is one for the router method:
https://youtu.be/H_aRRovK_Xw
Your splines are a different type of wood to your box.
There are plenty of you tube how to videos, just search splined miter
Making splines is no problems - my question is how does one stain just the spline or just the frame without it bleeding over etc as per the picture I linked
Wouldn't you stain the spines before putting them in?
Obviously you'd be looking for a stain, not a finish to do this
From https://www.instagram.com/p/BaAdH_DhB_T/
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Each spline detail is individually trimmed and hand coloured with custom mixed pigments.
So you would have to size the spline perfectly, take it back out to colour and then place back in + glue.
Probably a good idea to prefinish the frame first too so any glue squeeze out isnt absorbed by the timber
I would build the frame, install the splines, flush the splines to the frame, sand the frame. Then apply the pigment to the spline carefully. Spray the finish and ship it out the door. Trying to size the splines perfectly before gluing them so you can colour them would be a royal pain in the butt. If you managed to size the splines perfectly, you now have the dreadful task of gluing them in place without getting glue everywhere, in a very exact position. Left or right of that exact position results in the spline sitting proud of the frame surface on one side, and sitting low on the other side.
I do this. Stain the splines before hand. Use veneers of pine or ash, or something white and stain them with Rit or Tintex dyes. https://www.tintex.com.au/
The concentrates are amazing. Super bright colours. Dont mix it as they suggest, use 1/10th the water.
Fit them like ordinary splines once dry.
Does tintex dye the spline all the way through? So it can be sanded flush?
edit: dont worry I get what you mean now by using veneers!
Just saw this, an I have zero experience with one !
3D printer
cheers Matt.
Would you do it the same way if you were to stain the frame and leave the splines? I'm thinking black frame with timber splines like these:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=f...UZklUuaChwRVM:
I'd do it the same way except I would need to take great care in applying the stain. And by great care, I simply mean I need to protect the splines from receiving any stain. There is/should be a glue barrier between the frame and spline, so that will create a bit of a wall beneath the surface to stop the stain from bleeding between the frame and spline. But any stain that is applied to the top of the spline will soak in deep and fast because a decent spline will have end grain exposed on both sides. You can mask this off, and that will probably be enough to result in clean straight lines. Or you could also seal the splines beforehand and also mask off. Pretty easy work, but masking off is bloody tedious and I'd want to be getting paid decently for my frustration! :D
what do you think is the best applicator of applying stain in such a delicate/precise way? For splines and for frame