[Woodworkers] Homemade sand blaster and barn wood finish

[Dave Heitstuman]

Wood:
I do not know if it is chain wide thing but the wood Lowes carries here is the worst crap I have ever seen.  Even their so called "select" stuff is junk.  I do not buy my wood at Lowes.
As a rule HD's lumber is much better.  I assume that they must buy regionally since it is usually from one of the local (Washington & Oregon) mills.  I generally pick the pile for the best I can find.
When I need better wood I head to one of the lumber yards that lets you pick and choose out of their piles.
Finish:
Steel wool in vinegar.  The longer you leave the steel wool in the vinegar the great the impact.  Leave it long enough and you can get pretty close to black.


From: Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Steger via Woodworkers
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Subject: [Woodworkers] Homemade sand blaster and barn wood finish

Have you seen this YouTube video on making a homemade sand blaster? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6L_ArXCbYs&t=530s There are several others like it. It's pretty simple so I made one. It works pretty good. I did it mainly to texture pine to make it look weathered. It does a nice job doing that because it clears out the soft wood like it would do if it had been out in the weather for years.

Does anyone have a good barn wood finish recipe? I bought a barn wood stain which is a gray much like teak would gray. I'm not real fond of that gray look and may add a brown over it. I'm going to play with the finish to get it to look like I want it. There are also YouTube videos on barn wood finishes but I didn't know if anyone on the list had a recipe they liked.

Chuck

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