Wood colour filling technique

Wood colour filling technique

Colour filling engraved wood surfaces adds contrast or colour to your piece. Light-coloured woods such as maple or cherry usually do not need colour filling, but adding black to walnut gives it more contrast. Take care when colouring wood: if applied carelessly, the colourant can soak into the wood grain where it is not wanted. The best way to add black is described below.

1) Apply a thin layer of Johnson's paste wax to the wood surface before engraving.

2) Engrave through the wax layer. Do not remove the wax or engraving residue afterwards.

3) Fill the engraved recesses with black liquid car polish "Color Magic". The car polish will soak into the wood grain in the engraved areas, but not where the surface is covered with wax.

4) Wrap a paper towel around a piece of material with a flat surface. Use it to wipe the remaining car polish and wax off the surface of your piece. The flat surface keeps the paper towel from getting into the engraved grooves.

You can repeat this procedure to colour wood in other colours, using water-based acrylic paints instead of car polish (paints in tubes work best).

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