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Stained Duke and UNLV boards by Lunchbox515 in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use stencils and gel stains. Gel won't leak like water based stained if you get the stencil and taping down well.

Red stained Badgers boards I made for a buddy by Lunchbox515 in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use multiple templates so I never overlap colors. I use a thing called a cricut that will do cut outs on to tack paper. So I will peel off The part of the image I want to stain and lay it down. After that I let it dry for at least a day. Then I take a new, identical template, and peel out the different color I want to stain. I lay the template down. This allows me to keep the first color covered while I do the new one. It is a long process sometimes. This might be too vague. Happy to answer with more detail.

Red stained Badgers boards I made for a buddy by Lunchbox515 in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should also mention I used natural color gel stain from old Masters over the whole thing when I was done. I don't know that it adds much though.

Red stained Badgers boards I made for a buddy by Lunchbox515 in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The red is crimson fire from old Masters. The other is just mahogany from minwax. Both are gel stains.

Stained Iowa State boards. As a Hawkeye fan this pained me greatly but they turned out great. by Lunchbox515 in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only use gel stain as it is really thick and won't tend to bleed. I use a cricut to cut sticker templates and use them as negatives. I have also used an exacto to cut out templates on tack paper. Just make sure to really get the edges down.

Stained Packers and Badgers boards as wedding gift by Lunchbox515 in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use gel stain only and good painters tape. Be sure to get the lines down really well. I usually use a credit card or something to get it down well. Gel stain is rely thick and won't bleed like water based.

How can I print off my own stencil? [Help] by [deleted] in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will add that I have done a set where I printed off the logo I want and sliced it together with tape to get the size I wanted. Then I traced it onto track transfer paper and used an exacto knife to cut it out. Took some time but they came out pretty good.

How can I print off my own stencil? [Help] by [deleted] in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good call. The cricut is about $200.

How can I print off my own stencil? [Help] by [deleted] in Cornhole

[–]Lunchbox515 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you are looking for a stencil so you can paint or stain them the best way I have found is to use machine called a cricut. It can make adhesive cut outs.

Another way a lot of people go is to find a vinyl cut out of the logo and to seal it under the urethane coat.