I love old crates…I cannot find a single one in my area…so I am making my own!
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1.3 -1” x 4” boards cut as follows:5 cut at 11”2 cut at 11.5”2.Gorilla Wood Glue3.Gorilla Tape4.Dremel Mulit-Max (Sander option)5.Handful of Nails6.Hammer7.Wood Stain and/or Paint I used a medium color stain.8.Decoart glazing medium.9.Decoart acrylic paint in Burnt Umber.10.Rockler sponge brushes.11.Upholstery Tacks (for decoration)12.Deft Clear Wood Finish (semi-gloss) from Rockler13.Preferred decoration**Isn’t The CratePage
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1.Cut Boards (as above). The two longer pieces are the front and back of thecrate.2.Take 3 cut pieces and run Gorilla Wood Glue along the edges. Make the bottomof the crate by pushing these together. Tape them with some Gorilla Tape tokeep them tight while they dry.3.Make the perimeter of the crate. Add Gorilla Wood Glue to the corners of theremaining cut pieces. Use Gorilla Tape to hold the four corners together. Iactually formed the box around the base from the above step – made it reallyeasy to keep is all squared up…and easy to see where the 2 longer pieces fit in.
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Let dry completely. Remove Gorilla tape.5.I hit in some nails to give it the hand made look and for character. I did 3 nailson the front and back – 1 for each base board. And I did one on each side.6.Using my Dremel MultiMax with the Sander I sanded all over the box. I reallywanted to take off the edges but also make certain areas appear more roundedand worn.7.Wipe crate clean and apply wood stain. Let Dry.8.Mix Glazing Medium with Water and Burnt Umber acrylic paint as per directionson bottle.9.Apply glaze to entire crate and wipe off excess.10.Come back in with a darker paint {Burnt Umber} and using a DRY brush hit thecorners, edges, etc. to give some character. Think about where the cratewould be worn.11.Add decoration**Isn’t The CratePage
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