Anyone experienced painting faux wood grain???

[bapgood]

I have been doing some research on painting faux wood grain, and would like to try it out on some of my mods.

I know there is wealth on knowledge here on ECF, so if you have some tips and tricks please post them up.

Thanks!!!

 

[mre777]

Ha bap you don't like working with wood so your gona cheat!

 

[bapgood]

Ha bap you don't like working with wood so your gona cheat!

No, I have actually been playing with some wood lately and like it. I just think it would be cool to paint my 3D printed mods to look like wood .

 

[asdaq]

Recently I've seen 3D printed wood, basically sawdust in the plastic mix, but it doesn't look that convincing. You could print wood jpeg's on paper and glue it on and slap on some varnish. l3oertjie did a quite convincing cigar with printed tobacco leaf.

 

[l3oertjie]

Recently I've seen 3D printed wood, basically sawdust in the plastic mix, but it doesn't look that convincing. You could print wood jpeg's on paper and glue it on and slap on some varnish. l3oertjie did a quite convincing cigar with printed tobacco leaf.

Like this

 

[Krythis]

I plan on using Laywood myself, otherwise you would probably have to be pretty handy with a airbrush.


3ders.org - Wood filament LAYWOO-D3 suppliers and price compare | 3D Printer News & 3D Printing News

 

[bapgood]

I plan on using Laywood myself, otherwise you would probably have to be pretty handy with a airbrush.


3ders.org - Wood filament LAYWOO-D3 suppliers and price compare | 3D Printer News & 3D Printing News

That looks pretty interesting. I have a good airbrush, but I'm not the post artistic person with it or in general . But I have seen some pretty awesome results with some brush techniques. They always make it look so dang easy, but I know better. One of these days I'm going to try a couple things on some scrap, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[kaddigart]

It'd be a lot easier to just use a decal, sticker, vinyl, contact paper etc. They make them to fit iPhones and such and it would be fairly easy to cut something like that to size....

This one is on eBay for $3.80

 

[slopes]

If you don't mind coating your mods with a half-mil layer of epoxy putties - I found this technique works very well for wood effect...

More samples on this thread...

 

[cadcoke5]

I visited a manufacturer, who used pre-printed plastic sleeves that were shrunk-wrapped onto long pipes. I just did a bit of Internet searching to see if something was available for the consumer. One source said to search for Wood Grain Vinyl Film.

I came across this site that sells car customization kits. This included wood grain adhesive vinyl covers for your dash. Prices start at $15. I have never seen or used their product.
Wood Grain Vinyl Film Roll Sheets

-Joe Dunfee

 

[juggalotus]

if you want real wood you could use veneer we would use it in the cabinet shop for edges of plywood and things but they sell it by the roll you could cut out sizes you need to use spray adhesive and put it on but be careful sanding! Shop Wood Veneer & Edging at Lowes.com
How To Paint a Faux Wood Grain : How-To : DIY Network unless you get iron on. then you could stain and finish any way you would wood
found this looks pretty nice done. Decorative Paint Technique: Woodgraining Instructions : Decorating : Home & Garden Television
doesn't seem to hard. think you could make a nice mod.