1st off, i am sorry, i have no pics to help this post......no camera. please try to go by the descriptions:
these instructions are for making a hiking stick that has a fire blackened finish, and that is weatherproof, by using a carnuba wax stick and a plumbers torch. Works best with hardwoods only.....
1) cut your hardwood dowel (i used oak for mine) to your desired length. Sand down all the way to 1000 grit.
2) spark the plumbers torch and "paint" the wood with the flame until completely black. DO NOT linger the flame in one spot for too long, KEEP it moving.
3) while the stick is still hot (oh yea it will be!) take a dollop of orange oil beeswax finish and a piece of 1000 grit wet/dry (3M) paper and start "wetting and sanding" the hot stick. Sand until smooth, adding more and more orange oil/beeswax finish until the stick is cool.
4) buff the stick with a clean rag
5) fire up the plumbers torch again, and grab a stick of hard carnuba wax. Melt it all over the stick.
6) now pass the stick over the torch flame until all the carnuba wax is melted. Immediately start buffing/rubbing the stick with a clean rag and work the wax into the wood. Let cool, then rebuff with finer cloth to a sheen.
Your end result will be a ironwood looking hiking stick/streetstick, with a hard shell wax finish that will repel the rain and look great.
pics when i'm working again and can afford a camera
these instructions are for making a hiking stick that has a fire blackened finish, and that is weatherproof, by using a carnuba wax stick and a plumbers torch. Works best with hardwoods only.....
1) cut your hardwood dowel (i used oak for mine) to your desired length. Sand down all the way to 1000 grit.
2) spark the plumbers torch and "paint" the wood with the flame until completely black. DO NOT linger the flame in one spot for too long, KEEP it moving.
3) while the stick is still hot (oh yea it will be!) take a dollop of orange oil beeswax finish and a piece of 1000 grit wet/dry (3M) paper and start "wetting and sanding" the hot stick. Sand until smooth, adding more and more orange oil/beeswax finish until the stick is cool.
4) buff the stick with a clean rag
5) fire up the plumbers torch again, and grab a stick of hard carnuba wax. Melt it all over the stick.
6) now pass the stick over the torch flame until all the carnuba wax is melted. Immediately start buffing/rubbing the stick with a clean rag and work the wax into the wood. Let cool, then rebuff with finer cloth to a sheen.
Your end result will be a ironwood looking hiking stick/streetstick, with a hard shell wax finish that will repel the rain and look great.
pics when i'm working again and can afford a camera
