DIY Question

[colink98]

so picked up this toy box at the charity shop for all of 25 notes...
i have given it a clean and wax, but I'm unsure as to what to do with the lettering.

https://i.imgur.com/39Yes7i.jpg

i was thinking of some type of acrylic which can be coloured and poured into the recess to set hard.

but i wouldn't know what to get......

any advice ?
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[Polarbear]

No idea but I'm jealous. What a lovely box.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

I'd just use blackboard paint.
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[mentalboy]

Gold leaf is always fun to play with, cheap too.
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[Riejufixing]

Paint-on single part red laquer. I've got a tin of it somewhere, can't remember what make.

You've waxed it? Will the wax have got into the lettering (not bloody Briwax)?

[colink98]

[Riejufixing]

[colink98]

[colink98]

[Easy-X]

My wife loves all this sh*te She tends to go with rough whitewash - that "shabby-chic" look.
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[Riejufixing]

[Riejufixing]

[c_dug]

I've filled similar with gel-coat before which turned out really nicely and comes in every colour under the sun. Never tried gel-coat on wood mind.

I don't see why it wouldn't work on wood though.
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[colink98]

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[mentalboy]

[stinkwheel]

Copper or gold leaf will be picked out by small fingernails in no-time flat.

Coloured wood dye then wax? Keeps it wood then and a very robust/repairable finish.

Filling with clear, colured epoxy (+ or - sparkles) would be awesome but I think you'd need to fill it proud them sand it back down level and polish to get it to look good. Probably wouldn't play well with the wax finish.

If you did epoxy fill, You could roll a couple of filler coats of clear epoxy over the top, flat it down then yacht varnish for a super-durable, mirror-gloss finish.

These guys supply lots of coatings. they do resin dyes too. https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/

This varnish is second to none. https://www.epifanes.nl/uk/the-epifanes-range-of-paints-amp-varnishes/yachting You can apply it with a cloth.

Seems a lot of faff though.

The gelcoat idea has merits but don't use actual gelcoat. it's designed to apply to the inside of a mould before you apply fibreglass. It';s flowcoat you'd be lookng for.
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[WD Forte]

If you do use epoxy or resin, seal the wood first or you could get air bubbles from the wood fibres into it.
I think epoxy once cured is less toxic for the little uns to lick and chew on and it can come in range attractive colours
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[Polarbear]

Fucking hel, Stinkers is God, He made a loch.
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