Wood Sign - How to Distress

In my previous post, I showed how I took an inexpensive pine board and stenciled it to create a primitive wood sign. The video below is a very brief tutorial on how to sand and stain the sign to make it look aged and distressed.

I used an electric palm sander because it goes quicker, but you can sand the piece by hand. I used a fairly dark stain. You can experiment with different stains to achieve the desired look. I also stained the back and all sides of the board. You'd be surprised at what a nice, rich look a piece of ordinary pine can have when it's been stained.



Handcrafted Primitive Wood Sign Stencil Tutorial

I decided to make a stencil tutorial to show how easy it is to take a plain pine board and turn it into a handcrafted primitive wood sign.

Since it seems to be nearly impossible to upload videos to Blogger, if you click: here, you can watch the tutorial. I've given some time-saving tips.

Keep in mind that it's possible to purchase stencils with full words and sayings, but they're usually expensive. I use basic lettering stencils; whatever I can find and wherever I can find them.

This particular wood board cost me less than $4 at my local Lowes. I painted it lightly with some ordinary white house paint. I used acrylic craft paint for the stenciling.


In my next tutorial I'll be showing how to distress and stain the board to make it look antique and primitive.