How To Carve A Wooden Love Spoon

Pick a hardwood such as walnut cherry or maple for the most durability.

How to carve a wooden love spoon. A good spoon should last in the kitchen for many years but eventually it will wear out. Finally I burn the spoon with a propane to. In the spoon in the photo I followed the stain with three coats of lacquer.

For most of my spoons I use Lime aka basswood. Step 1 Wood Roughout. The lacquer coats dry in about fifteen to thirty minutes.

Aim to get a blank thats 9 in 2 12 in 229 cm 64 cm and about 34 in 19 cm thick for 1 wooden spoon. Here I used walnut. Apply a food safe finish and enjoy.

Apply a food safe finish. See more ideas about love spoons carving spoon. Start with a coarse grit sandpaper and progressively work your way through finer and finger grits until you reach the desired level of smoothness.

Carve wooden spoon with a whittling knife. May 25 2020 - Explore hals board love spoon carving followed by 126 people on Pinterest. Walnut tends to be more difficult to carve than a lot of other woods.

How To Carve A Wooden Spoon. It is relatively soft for a hardwood and very close and even grained making it ideal for carving. Step 6 Sand and Finish Your Spoon.