How To Fix Cracks on Carvings - From Simple Fix to Advanced

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  • How to fix Cracks in carvings
    Here is how I fix all my cracks in wood carvings
    from simple small cracks to larger ones this method applys to everything
    Hope this helps

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  • @KyleHallwoodworker
    @KyleHallwoodworker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good stuff Ryan this always seems to be a topic that comes up .

  • @kevintulak9987
    @kevintulak9987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congrats on getting to a 1000 subscribers so fast. I have a couple of old carvings around here and am going to give that a try.
    Thanks for sharing.

    • @RyanCookCarvin
      @RyanCookCarvin  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks 👍 I am so stoked and humbled i,m so motivated with this.. editing like 5 vids right now

  • @scottmarshall6766
    @scottmarshall6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old English furniture touch up stain (comes in a bottle) works for darker finishes. Blends into almost anything brown and is slow tinting so it's much more controllable than regular stain. Use as many coats (dab with your finger, wipe with a rag damp with Old English and let dry a few minutes) as needed to get a match. As with stain, if you need it much darker, dab it on and leave it wet for a while, then wipe to see how dark it's getting. Once you get the color right, finish with spray lacquer or homemade paste wax.
    You can make something similar with maple oil stain (middle light color) stain, thin with kerosene, darken with India ink or burnt umber oil paint. If you want to get fancy, make up 3 small bottles -- light, medium, and dark.
    I learned about this stuff back in the 70s - I worked at a TV shop and the shop owner had it passed down to him by his father, who had been in the furniture business since the turn of the last century. When delivering cabinet TVs, He always carried his Old English bottle with a half saturated diaper thrown over the top. He could fix a cabinet ding almost as fast as we could ding it. Thanks Don!
    I found a bottle in my mothers junk when I moved her (she's 88 and has a touch of dementia), and she gave it to me for my carving. I looked on Amazon and they still sell it, it sure looks right, and it says "Trusted for over 100 years", so that must be the stuff. www.amazon.com/Old-English-Scratch-Bottle-Polish/dp/B0009Y6G7I

  • @glenmckelvey5952
    @glenmckelvey5952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can't see the repair . Awesome carving thanks for the tips .

    • @RyanCookCarvin
      @RyanCookCarvin  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching! means alot

  • @hughtempleton8640
    @hughtempleton8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing as usual Ryan 😃

  • @tinarankin9290
    @tinarankin9290 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Ryan that's is so helpful

  • @aidenfletcher6503
    @aidenfletcher6503 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you ryan helpful indeed

  • @fayedalrymple8834
    @fayedalrymple8834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome Thanks Ryan

  • @timdoughty4642
    @timdoughty4642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thinks you're mind went dirty for a moment lmao

  • @seadoogti9288
    @seadoogti9288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice

  • @Tandy705
    @Tandy705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you fill cracks the same on a log that has been drying before any carving has begun?

  • @michaelcardona3678
    @michaelcardona3678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got a log with a hole more than half the length...its a cleaner grain wood....its about 2" wide....what's the best thing to fill the void with?....I will be carving after whatever I use...can i get some input

  • @edjobson4752
    @edjobson4752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good tip thanks Ryan.
    I have some eagle carvings that pretty dried out and have some wood rot, do you have any suggestions on how to repair them. I’ve dug out the rot as much as could and am letting them dry out, wondering what would be the best to fill the holes with ?

    • @RyanCookCarvin
      @RyanCookCarvin  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      wood filler

    • @edjobson4752
      @edjobson4752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RyanCookCarvin thanks, I’m trying that now.

  • @jacobriley-janzen2317
    @jacobriley-janzen2317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you carve eyes and paint them or use plastic or glass eye inserts? I know carvers who do both.

    • @RyanCookCarvin
      @RyanCookCarvin  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i carve the eyes an paint .. i have been looking into do that taxidermy style but haven't got around to it just to much going on to really research it

    • @jacobriley-janzen2317
      @jacobriley-janzen2317 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RyanCookCarvin thanks for the reply and putting out this great content! Would love to see a shop setup video how you carve in there with gas saws. I only run electric inside right now and wondered what ventilation you had or that sort of thing.

  • @sierragreen
    @sierragreen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a carved eagle with similar thumbnail-sized cracks on the wings, which sound hollow when knocked. For those of us who aren't skilled at this sort of repair work, is there any reason to use cedar shake over wood fill?

    • @RyanCookCarvin
      @RyanCookCarvin  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      looks better and holds over time .. cedar wont rot and just feel like im using the wood better to fill the wedges

  • @Koailo88
    @Koailo88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there anything you can do or preventative measures to stop a piece from cracking?

  • @llarkin6110
    @llarkin6110 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've got a wood sculpture that is fairly old that has some deep cracks. It is not painted but sun bleached from years out in the weather. I am not sure it is possible for me to repair but I really want it preserved. I am in KY if anyone has any ideas of anyone to help. Thanks

  • @robertcockman9075
    @robertcockman9075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hahaha..... You said filling cracks.
    Lol
    Just wondering, did you ever draw or paint before you started carving? And what started you into carving? Thanks bro

    • @RyanCookCarvin
      @RyanCookCarvin  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nothing really before ..just acting lol

  • @chbrun34
    @chbrun34 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bear surgery