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On 3/9/18 9:35 PM, Michael wrote:
On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 2:24:57 PM UTC-6, Electric Comet wrote:
after searching i find a few different methods to get images on wood

seems to be a gel that is used to extract the pigments which then
adheres to the wood then the image on the wood is fixed with some
other coating like a poly spray


anyone done this and have any hints

only considering just a few colors and nothing hi res


Have you considered screen printing?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Q-voktvS50/maxresdefault.jpg



A photo printed on paper, then placed on the wood with a good coat of
water based poly works well.

This link (and many others) better describes the process.

http://lumberjocks.com/TheCrafsMan/blog/68650

-BR