Category: Wine Crates
Fast Gift Box from Total Wine box…
I found out not all Total Wine Stores are willing to sell their wood wine boxes. There are several in West Palm Beach and when we are traveling through the county I will check the other stores out… Today is Saturday and we just got word late Friday evening that we are invited to a party. So I am making a gift box for our friend… I really threw this together just today – and hope it works out. Total Wine must have used a razor on the top -meeeph – I did get really good coverage on the top with the lacquer to fill up the cuts – just didn’t catch this when I selected it at Total Wine and I didn’t want to sand out the original vineyard printing.
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Wine Crate #7
I think Covid19 has affected the locals here in ways I never would imagine. Prior to Covid I would go to Total Wine and try and find wine boxes. More often than not there were none to be bought. Now they have so many I actually snagged 2 out of their garbage ( Yes, guilty of dumpster diving!) and bought several inside the store.
Their rack is full inside the store!
Here is #7
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Wine Crate #6
Another gift to our dear friend. This wine crate was found at Total Wine in Palm Beach Gardens location. It is plain on the outside so far and I have more hardware to install plus more sanding and lacquer the outside. On the inside I created a collage of Ukraine motief for our Ukrainian friend. This is still a work in progress… Enjoy…
More sanding and stain and work the outside finish… It’s an interesting stain to use and still working through how to manage it. I experimented and used a dry brush technique and plus used a brushing technique to get the stain to here. The stain has some qualities that allow more ways to achieve a unique finish. Also added some unique side pieces and decorative tacks…. I plan to use the gold paint on the vineyard letters and emblem.
Still in progress…
A few more adjustments, install the latch, spray matt lacquer and polish the hardware it looks complete… I don’t want to add a handle on this one or embellish the top and like it the way it is. This case is the first case I installed the cigar type hinges. I also use Tim Holtz hardware items. I do hope she likes it…
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Wine Crate #5
Wine crate #5 is a present for one of our friends. I used some standard wine label layout and hand carved a vineyard and region into the side of the case – a new technique. I wish I could figure out a laser wood carving system but my attempt was using a dremel tool and ink-jet wax paper transfer. While not perfect it still gets the point across. I also used a pre-sealer on this wood which helped tremendously with the Old Masters Gel Stain – Early American. The Old Masters Gel Stain provides a rich glow to the wood unmatched by other wiping stains. I ordered more of this from my supplier and it will be in next week. In addition to the stain process the top coat on this crate is the Mohawk pre-cat matt lacquer. An inside tray was built out of a drawer I found on one of my “Thrifting” outings (AKA DUMPSTER). Yes two feet in the air sometimes yields great results. Who would think… (shameless plug). Enjoy…
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Wine Crate #4
I picked up another one – on Thursday May 16… After some initial sanding and applying a base natural stain I am attempting to create my own “green” stain. Stay tuned… I also discovered a way to transfer images onto wood and will be working through this process… I found this great site here:
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Wine crate #4 continued…
Ok – I started trying to get a specific color of stain however this project did not work out the way I expected. That being said I did complete this case. The outcome was not where I was headed and I didn’t feel like stripping the entire case down to change it – nothing ventured – nothing gained…
This case is not one of my favorites and I experimented with stain mixes, adding labels by using Mod Podge to glue on a label and trying other image transfer methods. The outcome was ok but not my favorite… Enjoy…
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Wine Case 3
This has been a real adventure. I purchased this case at Total Wine and it has these very stylish black painted sides with the gold lettering. I hand rubbed this finish and learned some new tricks applying the gel stain. I was able to get a high finish by sanding between stain coats and adjusting the amount of time and changing the amount of stain during the application. I have a spray system for the lacquer but my gun is giving me issues so I used rattle cans and Mohawk satin finish. 1 can completed the entire case, Hobby Lobby has the hardware and it’s fun to see what they have on sale.
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Wine Crate #1
Did you know Total Wine sells wine crates? Its been an interesting adventure. This is my first attempt and it was just to explore stain application and dial in my clear coat spray gun. For sanding I am using a Festool 574993 ETS 125 sander I bought on sale. Best investment I have made yet. I also completed my kitchen cabinets using this great sander. Enjoy everyone and thank-you for stopping in…
