Name Puzzle Tray

[dansnow]

This was a commissioned piece for a friend to give to her Granddaughter. It is made from two layer of 1/2" Baltic Birch ply. Letters colored with food coloring, clear lacquer top coat. Letters are 4" high, the whole thing is 23" long.

 

Thanks for looking.

[Falcon]

Looks great!

[DWSUDEKUM]

Love it.  Nice and bright with pulls for little hands.  Great job.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[Rob]

I will have to experiment with food colouring sometime.  Those colours are great and very even.   Do you have any tips or tricks to share?

 

Thanks,

 

Rob

[dgman]

Nice work Dan!

[Fish]

Great job, I like the food coloring idea.

[dansnow]

Before coloring mix shellac 50/50 with denatured alcohol. Apply thin coat to piece and let dry.  I mix the food coloring with denatured alcohol, (rubbing alcohol can sometimes precipitate out the dye pigments) to the intensity I want, then apply thinly, allow to sit for about 5 seconds then wipe off excess. Re-apply till you get the results you want.

[Gordster]

Looks good Dan..I made these also.I never used the pegs, good idea...The

colors I used was red, green, yellow and blue and just repeated til end of name.

[amazingkevin]

This was a commissioned piece for a friend to give to her Granddaughter. It is made from two layer of 1/2" Baltic Birch ply. Letters colored with food coloring, clear lacquer top coat. Letters are 4" high, the whole thing is 23" long.

 

Thanks for looking.

I've wanted to try food coloring so bad .Now i have the tips and tricks copied just for the occasion!Thanks friend

[wombatie]

Lovely colors, lovely name fantastic cutting.  Well done.

 

Marg

[heppnerguy]

Hey, I like this idea a lot. Why can't I think of these kind of things on my own? This is not only a fun and attractive piece but also a very useful one as well. Way to go Dan

 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Phantom Scroller]

Dan good work.  Roly

[lawson56]

Ya done an Awesome job!    I bet she has a Great time with it!

[Scrolling Steve]

Excellent work!.....Thanks for the tips on using the food coloring!

[newfie]

Nice work sure there granddaughter will love it

[ike]

You did a good job on that one. I had used  RIT  clothing coloring but never food coloring  that came outreal good. thanks for showing

Edited November 22, 2015 by ike

[smitty0312]

The colors set this off......nice job!

[orangeman]

I like the name puzzle immensely!!

 

Looks great.

 

What font did you use?

 

What is the idea behind the 50% shellac treatment prior to applying the food coloring?

[dansnow]

The font is called Word Art, I got it off the web. The shellac fills in the fibers somewhat like a primer, and allows for a more even result with the dye.

[merlin]

Very good, must have a good at a name some day....................have used food coloring in the past but never used the shellac trick.................must find out more...............must have it in NZ...................

[kywoodmaster]

I love it. I have 1 small one and one on the way that need one of those.

[bobscroll]

A real neat job Dan and advice as well! Thank you for showing,

Bob