slappyfeetdesign: Charred wood Molding/Trim

Shou sugi ban is a Japanese method of preserving wood. I just Love the look!

I had looked into this technique and even used it...but I was a little scared and I barely scorched the wood.

I love that look also, but this inspiration came from when I was walking through the woods and I noticed a log that had been in a bonfire over two years ago...it was so beautiful!!! I dragged the log up to our house...I was determined to use it in our bathroom that we were remodeling. Check out my post on Shiplap.

Here is a closeup of that beautiful log!

Sadly my hubby said we couldn't use it because it would crumble. 😢

I just had to have it in my bathroom, so I started from scratch. I got some wood and using the Shou sugi ban method, here is what I did.

For the above pictures I had used a small hand propane torch. It was painfully slow and took a long time to get it even a little bit charred.

Sooooo...we bought the Weed Dragon!!! Oh my...talk about crazzzy powerful! I might be a tad bit afraid of fire and that thing is a Dragon!!! Be sure to be far away for anything flammable. I highly recommend fire proof gloves...ask my nine finger husband. 😉

After torching it, I ran the hose over each piece (which I had close at hand and on!). You can wire brush them, but I really wanted the charred look. So I wiped it down pretty good, then let them dry. I sprayed with four coats of polyurethane. Even with all those coats on it, my hands still had a little black on them when I held it.... Which didn't worry me because its trim and modeling it will not be being handled.