Just when I think I've seen it all...along comes a client who wants to present cutting boards and cheese stones to winners of a local tennis tournament! Four. Of each.
After practicing on scrap wood, I did the lettering on paper, then transferred it in chalk before taking the woodburning tool to it.
The first pass was a little funky. Although I had sanded and steel-wooled the area lightly, there was still some kind of wax or oil on the surface.
After sanding and steel-wooling again, a second pass gave a little more definition.
The cheese stones were a little easier--and more forgiving. Slate is so soft I could just scratch off any errant blobs of paint and after wiping with a damp paper towel, it didn't show at all. Since the surface was rather uneven, I stuck with monoline and used a new-to-me
Montana Acrylic marker (refillable!) with an extra-fine tip.
Certainly not perfect, but way more useful than trophies!
