Wood branding can be done to add a company logo to wood products.
Wood marking is the creation of a permanent mark on a piece of wood with a hot tool. Branding tools are usually inexpensive and people can use them in a variety of ways. Businesses can use wood marking to add decorative designs to wood or permanently stamp wood with care instructions, manufacturer information, etc. This is often one of the last steps in production, to ensure that activities such as sanding and cutting do not damage the brand.
People can mark with a stamp, a template, or freehand. With a stamp, people have a mold of the shape they want to create in the wood. The mold faces backwards, so when people remove it from the wood, it will leave an impression facing the right direction. People can heat brand stamps by running a current through them or by holding them over a hot fire, and when they press the stamp into the wood, the wood burns and creates a mark.
Using a template, people cover the heat-resistant material with cutouts and then apply heat to the wood to burn it off. People can use tools like brand pens, hand instruments that produce a lot of heat in a very narrow area, with the stencil. Freehand, people move heated tools over wood to create a design. They can sketch or draw plans first, or they can start from scratch.
Wood branding is a very efficient way to add a company logo and other information to wood products to ensure they always remain visible unless people want to repaint the wood. Individuals can also add care and treatment instructions to the mark, such as recommendations for wood polishing products. When people produce wood projects that they want to decorate, marking the wood is one option; marks can create everything from squares on a checkerboard to patterns on the edge of a picture frame.
This process can take place on an assembly line, using automated stamps to mark, or people can do it manually. People should be careful to control the heat of the brand so as not to set the wood on fire. It is recommended to wear face protection and keep hair in a hairnet to avoid injury to the face during activities such as marking wood. Inhaling smoke from a brand project can also be dangerous. People who need to mark wood as part of their job may need to wear respirators to protect their airways, but a person working on a quick craft project doesn’t require that level of protection.