How To Get Distressed Barn Siding Finish On Fresh Lumber

The last step to clean and refinish your reclaimed wood is to properly seal the wood.

How to get distressed barn siding finish on fresh lumber. Wire brushing is more effective on soft woods such as pine. Be sure to ask if your barn board has been de nailed or is as is material. Let the bottle sit in a warm sunny area for at least 3 to 4 hours and then spray its contents onto the wood and allow to dry. Then shred one pad of steel wool and push it into the spray bottle.

I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin. Make necessary chopping and ripping cuts for installation taking note of any nails or metal that may be left in the barn board. Place a wire brush at an angle on the board and run it with the grain. Finished 85 painted 97 stained 12 steel mill primed 3 unfinished 58.

The shellac will seal in any of the old that remained and should seal off the oder. Black and gray barn wood wall planks 10 sq. Clean the boards with a stiff brush to remove loose dirt wood or paint if using painted barn board. If that is the way you want them to look i would blow them off with compressed air then shoot 2 or 3 coats of shellac on them.

Test on a piece to see if you like the process and finish. This will dig out the softer wood between the grain and give the surface more texture which really helps make new wood look old. Compressed air is sometimes used. From there you can top coat if you wish.

Sweep the grinder across the board in a series of arcs to create the look of old rough sawn lumber. Make saw blade marks. You guys this stuff is amazing. Per 6 pack model 11339 52 93.

To add an ashy or gray hue to mimic sun fading fill a spray bottle halfway with white vinegar. Via thriftyandchic diy farmhouse style finish to get this awesome finish you need to stain it with walnut stain paint it with gray bronze paint and sand it with steel wool. It works especially well on the end grain. You can also simply enlarge an existing crack.

Carve out the soft wood along the grain to simulate a crack. It isn t hard to get a perfect distressed weathered greyish brownish whitish finish. Add this pattern to a few of your boards for variety. To go along with additive methods of distressing like making divots and staining you can also distress wood by subtractive methods like sanding.

In this video i show you some easy woodworking finishing techniques to get the perfect finish on your next reclaimed wood project for a full write up check o. Maybe your salvaged wood already has some paint if not add a quick coat of whatever color you like and then sand it off using a rough grit sandpaper. Make fake cracks on the ends of boards or along the edges.