some cool woodgrain

Jim..... I have no words I am flat out impressed totally speechless, really. I even zoomed in because the bottom one looks so dam real even with the wavy light pattern from a planer or something I'm just looking in admiration of your abilities and creativity, amazing and by hand with a brush?....
 
haha thanks. well i shouldnt say "A" brush but rather maybe a 6 different ones....to do all the graining anyway. of course there is a topcoat over it all to seal it all in which is sprayed.
 
As someone that has seen quite a few faux wood finishes over the years & done a bit of staining fiberglass & some azek products , I'm experienced enough not to be speechless. Never the less, hard to quit saying DAMN looking at the yinyl door sample. On my hd screen here its awfully hard for an eye with a little training to tell it's not a birch or maple hardwood.
I've found Azek on either the smooth or textured surfaces hold stain well where some other pvc trims I sampled didn't hold lenmar lacquer stain very well. Are the vinyl doors a harder type surface or a little softer to allow product to stick better?
All your previous work was really really good but you just took it up a few more steps.
Can't wait to see your next pics.
 
the paint is from a company called aquasurtech. they are in canada. i had to go up there for a couple days to work with one of the guys there. it doesnt stain the pvc in any way. its an actual paint but the stuff they have to do the wood finishes is alot like a waterbased version of spi intercoat with just a lower pigment load to make it more transparent. once its on you cant get the stuff off. its just air dry. no hardener needed. zero smell at all. its kinda crazy really. if it dries on the cup of my gun and i squirt acetone on it, it wont dissolve it. i have to actually scrape it off. the company sells to pretty much only oem corps. the owner told me that 75% of all the pvc produced in the US that is a color, is their paint. almost every window and door mfg in the US is their stuff. i have tried to scrape it off with just about everything and its extremely hard to do. it somehow becomes part of the pvc. its very interesting stuff. when i left their place i had a totally different view of waterbase paint. still cant get used to rinsing my guns out in the sink though..lol if you want to see alot more stuff, i am always posting pictures up on my instagram...... xtremekreationspaint
 
Been wanting to give a more serious try to woodgraining, but just haven't had the time & don't have the right stuff yet. Don't even have any intercoat yet & my airbrush is buried under my wife's stuff.
But yesterday at work waiting on some matte clear to dry on some door parts to assemble, I gave a little quick half ass try on some azek board using a light coat of lenmar lacquer stain, then mixing a little of it with some leftover euro clear. With some horrible homestore minibrushes tried brushing my mixture a few different ways, then on the upper portion of the samples did a stippling sort of motion. Sprayed a little more leftover euro clear out side in the sun & wind.
In a professional opinion, they look like crap. But 20 feet away it looks like wood. Up close the average person would mistake it for a half ass stain job on real wood.

Why am I posting such horrible work???? Just to show that it's possible for anybody wanting to try faux woodgraining could at least do something that could pass for wood with some practice. Need to start somewhere . I know I can do much better, but for now I'm happy with result of such a poor effort. Now obtaining Jim's level is another story....
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its great your giving it a try. would like to give you some tips or my 2 cents but I'm not sure if its your picture or my monitor. I don't see any grain. they look solid beige.
 
There is some resemblance of woodgrain on the long part& the upper half of the short part, but my cheap phone camera just wouldn't pick it up like you see in person. Like a black car, they just look better in person.
But it was a really poor effort in short time without even decent brushes & all 1 color.
Spent a little longer today going over the same 2 parts & another board with just shading done & a few slightly better cheap brushes.
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You can probably see this a little better. Still not a full on effort with proper stuff. As you know , lacquer stain isn't the best thing for this use & cheap brushes can only do so much detail. But this is just a little initial practice the hard way. With better tools , materials, knowledge & practice, I can only get better. I find sometimes doing initial practice of something the hard way only makes it seem easier later.
Like I said , really just wanted to show this to those scared to try that something resembling wood is possible, stuff like this is what forums are for. You listening crashtech?? You may be able to get as far as me with some advice if ya try. This ain't a I'm proud of it type post.

Don't say it, the top part looks like a 10 year old done it & is only good for firewood.:p Oh wait, it's plastic, better not burn it.:rolleyes: The flame idea in a more professional version could look cool, but it's beyond my product & practice level for now..........
 
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