Wood carving a spiral. This one sucks. It’ll still be a coaster.

The chemicals I used:
Restor-A-Finish golden oak stain
Minwax ebony stain
Varathane oil-based polyurethane
I should have skipped the stain entirely and just added poly. This design may be worthy of an entire re-do. But it seems like a decent-enough piece of crap to share.
This one was just fuck up for three reasons.
1 The wood blank wasn’t that great. The grain was subpar, it had a gloss on it, and it was way too firm.
2. I hadn’t really paid enough attention to the lines. There were so many I lost focus and lost sight of the end goal.
3 The stain(s). Obviously didn’t help.
If you’d like to see some of my better ones, I have more videos.
0:00 Carving
2:51 Stain, first
3:11 Stain, second
3:37 Polyurethane
4:12 Final

[@franciskisner920]

Would you have liked it better if there was more contrast? After staining if it was sanded across the top to expose the lighter natural color of the wood, it might have given a different effect. Then finish with the sealer. Thanks for the video.

[@carloseduardofigueiredo4695]

👍

[@donsven.1]

Super 🎉

[@watts300]

I’m happy you liked it :)