[Woodworkers] Homemade sand blaster and barn wood finish

[Chuck Steger]

Dave,

   I guess I always thought construction grade lumber was pretty much the
same (knots, pith, defects). But to be clear, I only purchase construction
grade lumber from big box stores for prototypes or rustic  look. 95% of my
lumber comes from lumber mills (as opposed to lumber yards), specialty wood
stores (Woodcraft, Rockler, Steve Wall), or I mill it myself. My latest
large acquisition was when I built the house 8 years ago. I had to cut down
red and white oak trees so I had a guy with a WoodMizer come by and we cut
all the lumber into quartersawn stock. I got 600 bd feet out of that. It sat
stacked and stickered in my shop for 7 years before I finally put it away.
Like most of us on this list, I've collected quite a stock of lumber. When I
last moved, my company was paying for the move. The moving company guy was
doing a pre-inventory and we were in the shop and he was looking at the
lumber. I told him that I had to be honest with him and that my company
would not pay to move the lumber because they looked at it as building
materials and they would not move building materials. I told him that I was
not leaving it behind. He looked at the wood and then looked and me and said
"Looks like shelving material to me". He moved everything!

 

Chuck

 

From: Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org] On
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Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Homemade sand blaster and barn wood finish

 

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
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Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2017 5:30 PM
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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
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6L_ArXCbYs&t=530s> &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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