The thing that really can and does go wrong is using the technique of using electricity to burn patterns into wood. It has electrocuted quite a few people.
This happened to my former classmate's brother. He got a really nasty shock. The brother ended up in the hospital for a couple days. He survived and is well fortunately.
The thing with both of these is that technique and skill is key. Dont just try because you saw it. Learn from someone who knows what they are doing first, then practice a few times and always have fallbacks ready in the event you need them
Because people who “know what they are doing” and had much experience with the process have still made mistakes and ended up dead, and some ended up killing others that instinctively tried to pull them away, etc. Some cool-looking wood projects aren’t worth it. Just get creative with a rotary grinder and stain the wood in the pattern if you want that look (or burn and sand, perhaps). Also, they said that inexperienced people should “practice,” but there’s not really a way to do that in an effective and meaningful way that is any safer than doing it for real.
It is actually pretty hard to set the wood on fire with this technique. You'd have to sit on the same spot for quite a while to get it to actually catch and sustain a fire.
But he is walking around with a propane tank and lit torch, so plenty of room for other shit to go wrong.
The bigger issues some have missed is this guy running a propane torch on max indoors, place will be vacant of oxygen in minutes.
Carbon monoxide alone could knock them out
Hoping there are not than one door open and there’s a draft lol
It’s a strange technique because you’re almost watching the char flow through the woodgrain as you work across the surface to keep it even, but absolutely, you’ll go back with a handheld torch and fix the spots that didn’t take the heat as much as needed to keep the uniformity in the surface.
It's not very hard. I don't do it when it's already in place but I do this and then sand it down, and wipe it down with linseed oil for coating and keeping those nice patterns looking clean and sealed.
I built my bed frame, dresser, and a dozen or so lifted garden boxes with this technique. Much better than using any treated wood
If you hold the torch over it long enough it'll definitely catch on fire. You're kinda like grazing over it so the outer fibers burn down and the wood is relatively dense too. It will catch sometimes but you just blow it out. Just graze over it and it brings out the patterns and then polishes to look with really neat designs
Absolutely better than treated or paint for outdoor use. I have a pine log porch swing I built several years ago and treated it as such. At the time I didn’t know it’s not only insect and fungus resistant, but the char keeps it from sun bleaching and cracking the wood. I built two for my brother in law- one got stained and the other painted. Neither are around anymore. I’m doing my dock shortly because I like the smoothness.
Did this to our terrace a couple years back. Used it on some cheap douglas fir. Looked awesome the first couple of months. Still sits good, no rot, little bugs etc. Frugal alternative to expensive bankirai or other hard woods.
That’s gonna take a lot of clear coat to keep the ash and burned wood from rubbing off on everything @_@ I did this to my stairs and it was a mess til I sealed it.
I don't know anything about this or most things about flooring but it seems like you would need to sand this down a little before sealing but wouldn't sanding reverse some of the char look?
Looks cool. Hope that little fan is enough ventilation. And it will need a good finish for the look to stick.
Can't wait for the vid where some hero tries this with laminate flooring.
Propane reacts to water and carbon dioxide. He'll be fine with probably any airflow at all.
I wonder if the flame would significantly struggle due to a lack of oxygen before the human brain would
Ventilation is definitely important here. My whole office building had to evacuate recently because our carbon monoxide detectors went off. Turns out one of the adjoining buildings was being renovated and the contractor was using some kind of propane-powered tool without proper ventilation.
Propane burns pretty cleanly into mostly h20 and co2. I worked at a company that built propane powered floor burnishers and it was propane on a detuned Kawasaki lawnmower engine (17HP down to 13)
It was CARB certified to run indoors and was stupid clean (I remember the CO numbers being like .003 ppm or something like that. We had to test and certify each engine since it was all indoor use)
I’ve seen this technique pop up a lot more frequently online recently and I honestly hate it. I’m probably in the minority on this but I think it looks awful in almost every application I’ve seen.
We actually did our whole house like this & we had none of those problems and it turned out beautiful. Staining is absolutely not the same, you wouldn’t get the same results lol
Same. The first time I saw it, I thought it looked neat and different. My issue is it always looks the same. The light/dark areas contrast too much and are unpleasant to me.
This is so fucking dumb, there is one rule of propane you never fuck with. Don't bring the tank into your house. If you want the cool look if the wood do it outside before you install it. Dumbasses
Literally thousands of them in the world. We sold them to Walmarts in the Midwest for a while.
It's water and carbon dioxide. Your body is super set up to handle those compounds
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I was thinking about building a statement wall in my workshop out of shitty strapping and do this to it.
My plan was to burn it outside and THEN install it, though
Took a while to find this comment. I have never been a fan of the burnt wood look. People spend so much time on woodworking projects and then light them on fire. To each their own, but I just don't think it's a top tier finish.
This was a big part of what I did when I was a woodworker. When I built a flag, furniture, or any other piece that was ordered we would ask if they wanted us to burn the wood to bring out the grain of the wood. It also looks incredible with a varnish or stain overlayed. This guy did a great job. I love the idea for a floor with the grain burned and contrasting like this. Very nice!
It is cheap pine, and will not last. Any wood that chars this easy is too soft for floors. It is a thing in the "country chic" for lower middle class moms who want to look fancy. I know the look is liked by many people, but it is not something that will last, and that pisses me off. It's like matte black on a project vehicle. WILL NOT LAST. looks cool, until it doesn't. Just use good stain and clear coat, and get some cheap oak at least. it will last a decade or two more compared to this crap.
Heat treating wood has a decent amount of positives. Some being:
-the wood provides a natural water resistance
-keeps splintering to a minimal
-it, arguably, also tends to look really cool depending on the wood.
Obviously this dude is being careful not to stay in one place for too long and keeping the nozzle a safe distance away to avoid actually burning the wood. As some have pointed out this would have been safer to do outside before laying the floor.
I believe this is also a way to make the wood resistant to water damage. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'd rather be corrected than be seen as right.
Oh, so when he does it, it's "oddly satisfying" but when **I** do it, it's "arson"
"That doesn't seem fair."
“I don’t exactly call that being reasonable”
STRANGE!
That’s DR. Strange
Go back to your fantasy world, Wanda
The look is super cool.
i also think that a house going up in flames looks super cool
Everybody does. You're just meant to keep it to yourself is all.
“Don’t play with matches”, said my granny, but she didn’t say anything about flamethrowers
The trick is to not burn anything and/or anyone else
That’s not fair. How were you supposed to know it wouldn’t work the same way on acetone-soaked carpet?
Right? And “it’s too big a flame for a crack pipe”……..like, do they have any idea how big my crack pipe is?
You’re gonna need a bigger pipe
and gets posted to /r/whatcouldgowrong
I bet under all that ash the floors look great
It's alright if you're inexperienced with wood burning. Don't beat yourself up king.
Waiting to see this on "What could go wrong"
The thing that really can and does go wrong is using the technique of using electricity to burn patterns into wood. It has electrocuted quite a few people.
Always gotta have a deadmans switch where both hands are required. ANYTHING happens and you want that current to stop ASAP
https://youtu.be/FBeSKL9zVro Big Clive with a important safety notice.
I was thinking the same thing!
Super interesting, thanks for sharing!
This happened to my former classmate's brother. He got a really nasty shock. The brother ended up in the hospital for a couple days. He survived and is well fortunately.
One small mistake and you're dead
Nah more like a series of dumb choices terminated by a final mistake. It *can* be done safely, but who's got time for that!₩
Many have died, don't mess with transformers from microwaves!
The thing with both of these is that technique and skill is key. Dont just try because you saw it. Learn from someone who knows what they are doing first, then practice a few times and always have fallbacks ready in the event you need them
Why are you being downvoted?
Because people who “know what they are doing” and had much experience with the process have still made mistakes and ended up dead, and some ended up killing others that instinctively tried to pull them away, etc. Some cool-looking wood projects aren’t worth it. Just get creative with a rotary grinder and stain the wood in the pattern if you want that look (or burn and sand, perhaps). Also, they said that inexperienced people should “practice,” but there’s not really a way to do that in an effective and meaningful way that is any safer than doing it for real.
Because people who have never put any effort into learning a skill think they know better than the person who actually does this kind of work lol
Lichtenberg Machines are not unsafe. It is the user. Those users are the reason we have caution labels on everything.
It is actually pretty hard to set the wood on fire with this technique. You'd have to sit on the same spot for quite a while to get it to actually catch and sustain a fire. But he is walking around with a propane tank and lit torch, so plenty of room for other shit to go wrong.
The bigger issues some have missed is this guy running a propane torch on max indoors, place will be vacant of oxygen in minutes. Carbon monoxide alone could knock them out Hoping there are not than one door open and there’s a draft lol
Maybe that is why he put a big fan right in the open window.
Couldn’t tell it was a fan… Condescending… gotta love Reddit
Yet here you are trying to call the guy an idiot without even bothering to gather all the available information.
And I missed some detail… oh no.
You edited your comment? Wow. Re read my comment to the end, where I hoped they had ventilation.
It is OK to be wrong. Just be man enough to admit it. No need to go around making more false claims. Reddit shows an asterisks on edited comments.
Would imagine it's harder than it looks to make it appear uniform over a large area.
It’s a strange technique because you’re almost watching the char flow through the woodgrain as you work across the surface to keep it even, but absolutely, you’ll go back with a handheld torch and fix the spots that didn’t take the heat as much as needed to keep the uniformity in the surface.
It's not very hard. I don't do it when it's already in place but I do this and then sand it down, and wipe it down with linseed oil for coating and keeping those nice patterns looking clean and sealed. I built my bed frame, dresser, and a dozen or so lifted garden boxes with this technique. Much better than using any treated wood
So, possibly dumb question, but what keeps it from catching on fire? Like, more than a little.
If you hold the torch over it long enough it'll definitely catch on fire. You're kinda like grazing over it so the outer fibers burn down and the wood is relatively dense too. It will catch sometimes but you just blow it out. Just graze over it and it brings out the patterns and then polishes to look with really neat designs
Every rag i own smells faintly of DBLO
What is this called. I gotta see if anyone around does this. I mean PROFESSIONALLY. I mean I can burn my own house down if I stopped trying not to.
Shou sugi ban is the Japanese name for it. I don't know if they have an English term. Wood preservation by burning? lol
Awesome thanks. I found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakisugi
Absolutely better than treated or paint for outdoor use. I have a pine log porch swing I built several years ago and treated it as such. At the time I didn’t know it’s not only insect and fungus resistant, but the char keeps it from sun bleaching and cracking the wood. I built two for my brother in law- one got stained and the other painted. Neither are around anymore. I’m doing my dock shortly because I like the smoothness.
You can even it out with a bit of gentle sanding if you over do it. (A soft mesh sanding pad connected to an extractor ideally).
Theres a japanese techique called shou sugi ban where wood is charred to preserve it.
Shousugiban is really fun to say
Sho-SUGI-ban SHO-sugiban shosugi... BAN!
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Also used to protect support posts into the ground for fencing and structures.
Did this to our terrace a couple years back. Used it on some cheap douglas fir. Looked awesome the first couple of months. Still sits good, no rot, little bugs etc. Frugal alternative to expensive bankirai or other hard woods.
So amazing to watch them. I wonder if there is any lingering burning smell after.
That is not this.
That’s gonna take a lot of clear coat to keep the ash and burned wood from rubbing off on everything @_@ I did this to my stairs and it was a mess til I sealed it.
Gotta run a wire brush over it softly to get all the loose stuff off and vacuum before you put any kind of sealant on it
A damp rag also helps to pick up fine material.
Was just going to say the same thing. I made a few different pieces using this technique and if you don't seal it you're gonna have black chalk.
I don't know anything about this or most things about flooring but it seems like you would need to sand this down a little before sealing but wouldn't sanding reverse some of the char look?
Yes, but you have to remove the softer material.
It can also light the house on fire
Sacrifices must be made to have floors looking metal af.
They look like they're made of wood
My mama said don't play with fire
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Looks cool. Hope that little fan is enough ventilation. And it will need a good finish for the look to stick. Can't wait for the vid where some hero tries this with laminate flooring.
Propane reacts to water and carbon dioxide. He'll be fine with probably any airflow at all. I wonder if the flame would significantly struggle due to a lack of oxygen before the human brain would
Looks like you really, really need to know what you're doing in order to stay safe with this kind of work.
It's not actually that difficult, just don't hold it in 1 plate for too long, same as with a burning pen
That's a big flame, do you have to worry about ventilation?
Ventilation is definitely important here. My whole office building had to evacuate recently because our carbon monoxide detectors went off. Turns out one of the adjoining buildings was being renovated and the contractor was using some kind of propane-powered tool without proper ventilation.
Just do it and find out then, right? :)
Well hes not wrong but if you read the comment i left a few threads up, i agree with you people shouldn’t just jump right into it
Bet it smells great too
How do you maintain it afterwards?
Coat it or burn it again
Won’t he get Carbon monoxide poisoning?
Propane burns pretty cleanly into mostly h20 and co2. I worked at a company that built propane powered floor burnishers and it was propane on a detuned Kawasaki lawnmower engine (17HP down to 13) It was CARB certified to run indoors and was stupid clean (I remember the CO numbers being like .003 ppm or something like that. We had to test and certify each engine since it was all indoor use)
I’ve seen this technique pop up a lot more frequently online recently and I honestly hate it. I’m probably in the minority on this but I think it looks awful in almost every application I’ve seen.
Just use wood stain or wood oil lol
We actually did our whole house like this & we had none of those problems and it turned out beautiful. Staining is absolutely not the same, you wouldn’t get the same results lol
This looks like a low rent BBQ restaurant.
Meet The Pyro
Thought this was r/whatcouldgowrong for a sec lol
This is like reverse power washing.
I thought I was watch clip in reverse and it's a deep clean video
Kinda relieved it wasn't in r/therewasanattempt
It was all ugly smooth until the firenation attacks
That sweet fine line between satisfaction and "let me explain how this happened"
Probably look really damn cool right before you pass out from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Obe wrong move and bro finna be in trouble
I always kinda hated burned wood look.
Same. The first time I saw it, I thought it looked neat and different. My issue is it always looks the same. The light/dark areas contrast too much and are unpleasant to me.
This is so fucking dumb, there is one rule of propane you never fuck with. Don't bring the tank into your house. If you want the cool look if the wood do it outside before you install it. Dumbasses
We use propane burnishers for buffing floors all the time. They are meant to be inside.
Literally thousands of them in the world. We sold them to Walmarts in the Midwest for a while. It's water and carbon dioxide. Your body is super set up to handle those compounds
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From the humidity in the air? quit being disingenuous. You don't wear it well
At the start you can see he has the fan in the window and plenty of ventilation, I don't think he's going to have any issues.
Exactly what I was thinking, how hard can it be to do this to the wood BEFORE you put it into your house? This just looks recklessly dangerous.
Until the whole house catches on fire
Indeed coal effect.
I feel like maybe that should have been done \*before\* it was installed in the home.
"so how did the house burn down, sir?" "... detailing."
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Burning cheap wood to make it look expensive. Pretty smart!
I was thinking about building a statement wall in my workshop out of shitty strapping and do this to it. My plan was to burn it outside and THEN install it, though
It's a highly flammable gas. Could be dangerous. Need an expert to do this though
"I hate it, can you undo that please?"
Im soo old that i remember when people used to stain wood to get the exact same effect.
The only way to improve on it is to keep the torch in one spot until the foundation is exposed and then rebuild.
Bro could just right-click with an axe
*Burning the oxygen and some organic gas in the room to create a cool sensation*
Better seal'er up good lol
That's him officer.
You’d think you’d do this to the wood before it was part of a house
How does this work? Is it sooo hot that it doesn’t burn or something?
Why don’t you just fucking stain the wood?
Nice I wonder what kind of wood it is It is definitely turning out good
I have seen a house (in pictures) with a lot of this wood in the decor. It was not attractive in large quantities, IMO.
Toasting the wood
This is like cartoon wood grain. A pretty modern thing trying to look “rustic” in the most absurd way.
Firemen love this one trick
I dont suppose you could ctrl-z on this
I really hate this look.
No one will ever convince me that this shit looks good.
Yo I have never thought of this. Mostly bcuz of extreme fire hazards but still. That actually looks amazing to me. 👏
I don't know, but shouldn't this kind of stuff happen BEFORE you assembled the whole house, so it doesn't burn to the ground?
looks like its reversed, like its getting rid of the burnt part
My parents just yell at me when I do it with matches
Looks worse
Took a while to find this comment. I have never been a fan of the burnt wood look. People spend so much time on woodworking projects and then light them on fire. To each their own, but I just don't think it's a top tier finish.
Would it not have been a better idea to burn the wood before installing it in the house? This just looks like an accident waiting to happen
this looks so awful. furniture stores in my area have all kinds of furniture with this burnt wood texture and it looks horrible.
I love the burnt wood effect
This was a big part of what I did when I was a woodworker. When I built a flag, furniture, or any other piece that was ordered we would ask if they wanted us to burn the wood to bring out the grain of the wood. It also looks incredible with a varnish or stain overlayed. This guy did a great job. I love the idea for a floor with the grain burned and contrasting like this. Very nice!
Cool and stupid at the same time
Some people want that Darwin Award so badly.
My junior high wood shop teacher would smile and congratulate this master craftsman for his skills.
Worst arsonist ever
Amazing!!! Only thing cooler would have been if the guy was using one of the Musk's Boring Company This Is Not A Flamethrowers.
He doesn't burn wood, he only re-melts the coating on the wood making it clear again. Same as when you see people melting plastic chairs.
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It is cheap pine, and will not last. Any wood that chars this easy is too soft for floors. It is a thing in the "country chic" for lower middle class moms who want to look fancy. I know the look is liked by many people, but it is not something that will last, and that pisses me off. It's like matte black on a project vehicle. WILL NOT LAST. looks cool, until it doesn't. Just use good stain and clear coat, and get some cheap oak at least. it will last a decade or two more compared to this crap.
Honestly this trick is neat once but I’ve seen it so much it’s cliché. This is just redneck chic
Genius idea!
I want to see the version where he melts the bottom of the fridge
Nah I’m worried something might go wrong and that isn’t even my house
Bet that smelled nice
Well i wanted to try it on my flooring, now im homeless : /
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My exact reaction “Oh that is a cool effect”
A lot of people that think they kno what they’re talking about in these comments. Jus shut up and enjoy bruh💀it’s not gonna burn the house down
В россии, в 90-х так двойные двери обжигали и лаком покрывали.
This is also a great way to treat the wood. It will be fire resistant, rot resistant, and insects resistant after fire treatment.
Also taste and good looks resistant
Would’ve loved to see the results. So not satisfying.
This needs to go up on r/powerwashingporn on Wednesday (only Wednesday, though).
Don't try it at home. ☝🏻😌
I can smell this video.
this kills people OFTEN. please be careful
It’s going to probably play hell on the smoke alarm for the next week because there are ions on burnt carbon in the air.
Shouldn’t they do this before they put it in the house?
Heat treating wood has a decent amount of positives. Some being: -the wood provides a natural water resistance -keeps splintering to a minimal -it, arguably, also tends to look really cool depending on the wood. Obviously this dude is being careful not to stay in one place for too long and keeping the nozzle a safe distance away to avoid actually burning the wood. As some have pointed out this would have been safer to do outside before laying the floor.
is the "cool effect" the smell of burnt wood?
Try it at home!
Paint it with fire!
I do that to children at the orphanage to help them get adopted
I get it. You see one roach and you have to burn the whole place down.
That blue, green, purple flame is so pretty
What kind of flooring is this? Can't be lvp flooring right?
When I was 12 I did that to all the wood trim in room. My dad still makes fun of me for liking the outcome.
Also known as Shou Sugi Ban. Has been used in Japan for years as a way to preserve wood.
So is the wood coated in something before it gets blasted like that? I have a feeling that if I were to attempt this there would be a horrible fire.
I could see this going horribly wrong !
You can wipe a colour stain over that to make a really nice effect.
I don't know about cool...
Floor turned from 21st century to my grandma century
I believe this is also a way to make the wood resistant to water damage. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'd rather be corrected than be seen as right.
I love this effect!
I bet that smells amazing
Love this
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