Chemical burns are a popular way to create custom detailed wood burning patterns. The process is simple and can be done at home with a few supplies. To start, gather some wood chips that are the same thickness as the wood you want to burn. You will also need a chemical burner, propane tank, and safety goggles. To begin the process, light your chemical burner and set it to low heat. Once it is hot, place the wood chips on top of the flame and wait until they start to smoke. Be careful not to let them catch on fire! Once they have started smoking, turn up the heat on your chemical burner until they are burning very quickly. Keep an eye on them so that they don’t catch on fire and so that the pattern you want is burned into your wood chips. ..
The secret sauce is ammonium chloride. They mixed up a batch of an ammonium chloride solution, made a custom stamp (in this case the Make logo), and then essentially stamped the solution, just like you would stamp ink, onto the wood. Once you’ve stamped the wood, you heat the surface with a blow dryer or heat gun and the heat activates the solution, burning the surface of the wood. Using this technique you can create significantly more detailed designs than you would be able to using a hand tool and without the expense of ordering a pricey custom branding tool.
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Chemical Wood Burning [Make Projects]
