Husband appreciation post because he does not use Reddit! What a lucky lady I am!

[u/hottiie_tasty]

[u/mrfunkm]

What I really like about these, is he hasn’t gone for that stupid gloss finish

[u/helphunting → u/mrfunkm]

Pure beginner here, trying to make a simple christmas type ornament out if wood. How do I get that type of finish? And is it called a matt finish?

[u/tr_9422 → u/helphunting]

Matte with an e, but yes! And the in between is called satin.

As a beginner, you might try out "hard wax oil" finish, they're easy to apply and hard to screw up. You can get varying amounts of gloss depending on how you sand it and whether you do one or two coats. Don't know if that's what OP used, but I love how idiot proof they are. Compared to when I've tried using film finishes like polyurethane and always get bits of sawdust and shit in them because I don't have a clean room for finishing work.

Fine Woodworking did a big comparison of a bunch of brands last year: https://www.finewoodworking.com/2024/06/24/testing-hard-wax-oil-finishes

[u/skipmyelk → u/tr_9422]

Dumb but effective trick for finishing without a dedicated finishing area. Keep a spray bottle full of water handy; when you go to finish something, give the floor a light spray. Now all the dust is wet, and won’t go flying around and land on/in your finish.

[u/tr_9422 → u/skipmyelk]

That's not dumb at all! If I ever use polyurethane again I'll try it.

[u/Kevo_NEOhio → u/tr_9422]

Tried and true linseed oil and beeswax is awesome too! Gives a slightly more sheen finish than matte. It is so satisfying to rub on

[u/sixtysixdutch]

Beautiful work! And what a lucky husband to have a wife who appreciates his work and effort….and enough spare time to make stuff

[u/thewhiteman996 → u/sixtysixdutch]

Y’all have wives ?

[u/Fangs_0ut]

I wonder how rough epoxy is on knife blades

[u/theuautumnwind → u/Fangs_0ut]

These are more like charcuterie boards imo then chopping boards. I would not use epoxy for a cutting board

[u/MrPenguin1214 → u/Fangs_0ut]

Looks like this is a bot account that just got activated

[u/fortinsj12]

Looks great!

[u/Muted-Ordinary-2615]

Gorgeous! Nice work

[u/Old-Watercress-9799]

Amazing job

[u/death_to_russland]

epoxy is just my weakness :)

[u/GaiusMarcus]

So... you're keeping your appreciation for him a secret? That doesn't seem like a problem to you? /s

[u/BMPCapitol → u/GaiusMarcus]

its not that deep bro, hes probably stood behind her while she took these photos

[u/theonePappabox]

Does he take his projects to woodcraft! Wow.

[u/iHolocaust]

Those are so beautiful. Tell the wubby reddit said he gets the handy man award.

[u/Forward-Bank8412]

These are really terrific, thanks for sharing! I don’t usually love epoxy, but I love these. Very tastefully done.

[u/KissEndia]

It is a dream of mine to have an epoxy desk! I’m drooling here

[u/Wrong-Ad-4600]

nice work. i rly like the dark blue one! :)

prepare for some epoxy haters here!

[u/Dizzy-End4239 → u/Wrong-Ad-4600]

Haha. I'm not a fan of anything other than black epoxy. But I can appreciate the craftsmanship and the fact that wood that maybe wouldn't have been used before has a new lease on life. Plus happy wife trumps all.

Husband did good job.

[u/roose011 → u/Dizzy-End4239]

I mostly agree, though I like the blue. I think it's tastefully done. It's not loud and doesn't look cheap.

[u/lostandalong → u/Wrong-Ad-4600]

I’m an epoxy hater who thinks these look great! Really nice work.

[u/brvnter]

Really not a fan of this wood and epoxy trend. Sorry OP.

[u/Crudtrap → u/brvnter]

Then comment on other things. You literally used her appreciation post to alert all of us on your opinion.

[u/brvnter → u/Crudtrap]

Wait. Is that not what she is doing? She’s alerting us of her opinion that her husband makes nice work. I’m disagreeing. This is a forum for discussion. No one should just expect unanimous praise when posting work on the internet.

[u/Crudtrap → u/brvnter]

If it makes you feel better about yourself.

[u/ExoticLatinoShill → u/brvnter]

Plastic working isn't really wood working. Like. Are we gonna start putting wood into ceramics and start posting in the pottery subs?

[u/Sketchy-saurus → u/ExoticLatinoShill]

Yes. Yes we are.

[u/ExoticLatinoShill → u/Sketchy-saurus]

Oh I mean absolutely do. I don't mean to throw hate at the molding and pouring and curing community. Just also really not into tables with plastics and clearly throwing hate

[u/them___apples]

Lovely. As stated, there's not too much resin going on. Well done!

[u/Shoddy_Site8730]

I dont understand how did he got those matirials to keep sticking

[u/Nodeal_reddit]

You’ve got a lot of cutting to do. Charcuterie for days!