General Overview
The main reason to make an ashtray is smoking which is totally not good for health including lungs, teeth, and skin. Apart from health, the ash of cigarettes can burn carpets and even leaves the burn marks on furniture which includes sofas, tables, etc. The main use of ashtray is for storing the ash that comes out from cigarettes and cigars. So in order to avoid burn marks in furniture, the user can make his own attractive wooden ashtray that will be beneficial to store the ashes and hence keep all the surroundings including furniture safe from ash, dust, and burn marks.
Easy Steps And Items Required To Make Wooden Ashtray
In order to make ashtray, the user needs to follow the below-given steps and also keep the items ready that are required for this purpose.
Items Required
- 1/2 inch thick, 5 by 5 inch square of hard wood.
- Four, 4 1/2 inch long 1/2 inch by 1/2 pieces of hardwood.
- Wood Glue.
- Paint Brush.
- Wood Stain.
- Sandpaper.
Steps
- Wood Glue: The first step to make the wooden ashtray is to apply the wood glue on the edges and the corners of hardwood square. After that, let the wood glue dry for nearly 1-2 hours.
- Sanding: After drying the wood glue, small grit sandpaper need to be used for sanding the edges, corners and the inner area of hardwood square.
- Paint Brush: Use artistic paint brush in order to paint the wooden ashtray.
- Stains: Apply thin layer of wood stains on the inner and outer area of hardwood square in back and forth motion.
- Dry: Then let the hardwood square dry before applying another coat of wood stain and keep it to dry for overnight.
Tips And Warnings
- Tips: The best wood used for making an ashtray is beech wood, oak wood, basswood. For making durable and attractive ashtray, the user is recommended to use these types of wood.
- Warning: Wood stain and varnish will fade away from the ashtray after some time. In that case, the user simply need to do is to clean ashtray with paint thinner & cloth before applying another coat of varnish.