Pineapples

[rcflyer23]

I cut these tonight for a neighbor of mine. They are actually going to use them as stencils :gar-Cr for one of their rooms. They are going to put them on the wall and fill it with spackle to get a raised 3D look after the remove the ply and then they are going to paint them in their color theme that will match the room. I am going to try and get them to take pictures as they do it so I can post them here.

Let me know what you think. I think this is about the 10th thing I have cut so I am new to the whole scroll thing so if you see anything let me know so I can correct them.

 

[Gotcha6]

They make me hungry!:gar-La;
Tell your neighbors they should have better success with their project by using drywall joint compound rather than spackle. Most spackles are made to fill minor imperfections and may not have a texture suitable to handle this type of detail. Oh, and it's probably cheaper too.

 

[ScottM]

Kevin, I am not sure how they will work as stencils but you did a nice job of scrolling. I am afraid the spackle will stick to the wood and pull off with the stencil. Sealing the wood might help some.:dontknow:

One comment: If you decide to make any as scroll work (pictures, tissue holders, etc) I would rotate the wood so the grain runs up and down.

 

[TracyP]

Nice job on the pineapples. I can't wait to see the wall when it is done.

 

[PChristy]

Kevin, nice job on the pineapples.:icon_thum I am with Scott, the only thing that I can give advice on is the grain - if you are doing a portrait style make sure the grain runs up and down - if you are doing a landscape style run the grain left-right -

 

[rcflyer23]

Scott/Phillip great advice.. I was half way through cutting it when I looked at it and had the thought I wonder if I should have oriented the grain differently. Well now I know. Grain direction isn't something I had considered yet. Thanks for the input.

I was wondering how it would do as a stencil. I was thinking of having them smear vasoline all over the cuts before they tried it. I will also probably get some sealer and put that on there as well. I will also suggest they use Drywall compound instead of spackle.

 

[sawduster]

Nicely cut Kevin ! :icon_thum Symmetrical patterns and letters are especially difficult and you have done this one justice ! :eusa_clap

You can just about be gauranteed that the mud will stick to the wood :BangHead:.
Not sure what you could do to help fix that , but you also have to be cognizent of the coating discoloring the mud where it contacts the wood

Do you know how they plan to keep the stencil in place until the mud fully dries ?

Good job bro ! :eusa_clap

 

[rcflyer23]

Nicely cut Kevin ! :icon_thum Symmetrical patterns and letters are especially difficult and you have done this one justice ! :eusa_clap

You can just about be gauranteed that the mud will stick to the wood :BangHead:.
Not sure what you could do to help fix that , but you also have to be cognizent of the coating discoloring the mud where it contacts the wood

Do you know how they plan to keep the stencil in place until the mud fully dries ?

Good job bro ! :eusa_clap

Thanks. I had a good time cutting these..

I am not sure how they are going to do it. They are not real heavy pieces so I am thinking some good masking tape may hold them up there. It's going to be interesting to see how it works. They are going to paint the compound once it has fully dried so hopefully any discoloring will be covered by the paint.

What I told them is if it didn't work, I have sand paper.. :gar-La;

 

[cskipper]

Nice job cutting. I wondered about them holding up to the job and not holding the mud. I wonder if there is some kind of Teflon-type coating that could be applied to them? Another concern might be the thin parts of the pineapple breaking under the strain from the mud (that would hurt since especially since they are so nicely cut). Keep us posted about how they work.

 

[PChristy]

I was just sitting here wondering about this:icon_scra - If you would cut something like this out of 1/4 plexi and make sure that the cut edges where smooth - would something like that work as a stencil:dontknow:

 

[ptt49er]

That's a good idea Phillip.

You could put a ton of poly on them. I'd think that would create a slick film. Put a few coats of wax on top of the poly and it might work pretty well.

 

[sawduster]

I was just sitting here wondering about this:icon_scra - If you would cut something like this out of 1/4 plexi and make sure that the cut edges where smooth - would something like that work as a stencil:dontknow:

The plexi would work but you would have to wrap it with packing tape and cut slowly and with the right blade to keep the edges from heating and melting back together .....the packing tape would help cool and lube the blade :icon_thum

 

[rcflyer23]

I had thought about getting some plexi and possibly trying it. I just wasn't sure if I could get it smooth enough. I do need to get some poly and make sure I coat it real well. I will let everyone know how it goes. I am kind of excited about it. Yeah I kinda hate seeing the used like this. However it doesn't take me real long to cut them so I will probably orient the grain correctly and cut a couple more. I had cut one earlier out of some thicker poplar but I like this Cherry Ply and want to do one for the house.

 

[cskipper]

I didn't realize this was out of ply. REALLY, REALLY seal it and let us know how it turns out.

 

[rcflyer23]

Yeah I am going to put several coats on it and I am going to like I said earlier suggest they put vasoline on the inside of the cuts as well. I know if the furniture industry they will use that to smooth drawers is they are not opening and closing smoothly. I have another cut that I did earlier that I think I am going to test some of the ideas out unfortunately it is hardwood instead of ply. Although I do have some ply ornaments that I could test it out with. I think I will try that.

 

[cskipper]

The vasolene won't last very long when they are mudding the walls. Have you considered cutting it out of a metal or trying the plexiglass instead?

 

[rcflyer23]

Yeah someone else suggested it. If this doesn't work then I am going to try the plexi and see if that works better.

 

[cskipper]

It's such a cool idea - I can't wait to hear how it works out.

 

[PChristy]

I was also thinking that when I do sheetrock work:BangHead::tongue2which I really can't stand to do by the way) the mud shrinks as it drys and that is why you have to put several coats on to feel in a nail hole/joints - So if they can mud it and make sure that the front is clean / leave the stencil in place while drying then it just might work - will take a long time to get it done this way but it just might work:dontknow: MTCW

 

[rcflyer23]

Phillip that is a good point. I had not thought about that. I would think that we could clean the front with a damp cloth after the mud is in the pattern and keep the pattern up there. Well I guess my shop is going to get a few pineapples today.:gar-Bi

I will take some pics so you can see what happens during the different trials.