How to create faux wood with crackle

This project came about  by accident.. As I was scrolling Pinterest I noticed a picture that showed a crackle like wood plank .. Unfortunately there was no directions and picture didn’t lead me anywhere so I decided to try myself … Who is ready to create a wood grain with me .. maybe we will use some glue. Love mixed media projects so this one will be perfect background . Let’s make faux wood look easy . Easy painting technique

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How to create a faux wood look grain with glue and paint

Super excited to give you all details about this project .. Love love love to experiment so its perfect

I have made so many wood grain like pieces … but I am afraid this will be my favorite

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Supplies needed

• hard surface
• Elmer’s glue or Mod Podge
• chalk paint
• dark and clear wax
• heat source

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How to make faux wood grain with glue

Ok so lets make faux wood look easy

As you can see I have my surface that I just lightly painted randomly gold. You always want to have to colors .. I usually pick darker first and then cover with light . Make sure to see all tips about crackle HERE

Just because I like to create a faux wood slice I decided to drop my Elmer’s Glue in a circular fashion

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Grab a soft brush and distribute your glue same way in the circular mode. As you can see glue stayed a lot on the edges as my brush was doing its work .. I love it . Super easy painting technique

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Don’t dry your glue .. grab a new paintbrush and apply nice amount of chalk paint in a circular motion . Make sure your glue is not mixing with paint. Try not to go over glue several times. That may prevent crackling

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crackle begin to form almost instantly and as you can see those glue ridges created nice circular dimension

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Make sure to dry all perfectly and apply clear wax first followed by dark wax. It does look scary but don’ worry all will look good . Our goal is to bring some additional color to crackle and ridges to get that nice faux wood

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Grab a paper towel or soft cloth and wipe all off to expose its beauty

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How gorgeous is that ! Absolutely love its texture

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Let’s Decorate with faux wood surface

I just had few sola flowers laying around so decided to create a nice plaque with it.

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So I started to group my flower right in the center …. but not covering all to still show wood grain

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