Wedding Bench

[1974mj]

Hi all, looking for a bit of advice. I'm getting married next year and my better half has come up with an idea to have a bench made that people can write on to celebrate our day ( a little like a guest book ) her dad is a **** hot joiner so no issues with bench design or construction, I'm just trying to find the best way to keep all the writing permanent, is there a specific type of pen out there? Do we stain/varnish after the event?.....all advice greatly recieved. TIA.

[delabodge]

Hi all, looking for a bit of advice. I'm getting married next year and my better half has come up with an idea to have a bench made that people can write on to celebrate our day ( a little like a guest book ) her dad is a **** hot joiner so no issues with bench design or construction, I'm just trying to find the best way to keep all the writing permanent, is there a specific type of pen out there? Do we stain/varnish after the event?.....all advice greatly recieved. TIA.

 

I do a few wooden keepsake plaques for weddings on nice bits of elm,I give them a coat of osmo oil, then the customer uses a sharpie pen, then I recoat the surface with two more coats of osmo,when the sharpie is dry, works a treat:thumbup:

[Lazurus]

Vote for the Sharpie, excellent longevity and nice to write with to.

[skyhuck]

What a nice idea

[treequip]

Let people do the writing (tell them to keep it short and simple) then go over the ink with a small gouge or similar.

 

Pick out the wording with a contrast colour then surface coat. Its a lot more work but it will be as permanent as it gets.

[spandit]

You could burn over the writing with a pyro pen. If going with the Sharpie idea, do a test block first in case the varnish top coat dissolves the ink

[Ian Leach]

As above.

[delabodge]

You could burn over the writing with a pyro pen. If going with the Sharpie idea, do a test block first in case the varnish top coat dissolves the ink

 

Having done a few of these, haven't had the osmo oil cause any problems, and having twenty drunken wedding guests writing with a hot wire pen could be fun:thumbup:

[spandit]

Having done a few of these, haven't had the osmo oil cause any problems, and having twenty drunken wedding guests writing with a hot wire pen could be fun:thumbup:

 

You misunderstand - let the drunken guests use the Sharpie and go over the ink afterwards with pyro pen, once sober!

[delabodge]

You misunderstand - let the drunken guests use the Sharpie and go over the ink afterwards with pyro pen, once sober!

 

Ahhh, now I've got you:thumbup: