How to Use Wood Burning to Add the Perfect Decoration to Wooden Spoons

Spice up your mundane wooden kitchen spoons with a touch of wood burning. The Proxxon soldering kit makes it easy.

Here are the supplies and equipment that you'll need:

• Your choice of wooden kitchen utensils
• Proxxon MICROFLAM Gas Soldering Set MGS

Let's get started:

1. If your pieces need any sanding, do this before you transfer any pattern or begin wood burning.
2. You can either free hand the wood burning or transfer a pattern. For the stirring spatula and the striped spoon, I measured and marked the pattern on the utensil so the decoration would be exact. The two dotted spoons were done free hand.
   
   
   
3. The Proxxon MICROFLAM is fueled with butane—the same gas that is used for refilling lighters. Turn the unit on, and let the nib heat up for a minute or so.  The temperature of the nib  is controlled with the flow valve. Different woods require different temperatures. Experiment on a scrap.
   
   
   
4. Press the tip of the nib onto the wood, following the dotted pattern. I used the soldering nib for the dots.
   
   
   
5. When the unit is completely cool, the nibs are easily changed using the included 7mm wrench.
   
   
   
6. I used the angled nib for the lines.
   
   
   
7. You can treat the finished utensils with butcher block oil, if desired.

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Carole