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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 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!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT","serif";color:#1F497D'>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 18, 2017 12:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking<br><b>Cc:</b> Dave Heitstuman<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Woodworkers] Homemade sand blaster and barn wood finish<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Wood:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>When I need better wood I head to one of the lumber yards that lets you pick and choose out of their piles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Finish:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Woodworkers [<a href="mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org">mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck Steger via Woodworkers<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 17, 2017 5:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking<br><b>Cc:</b> Chuck Steger<br><b>Subject:</b> [Woodworkers] Homemade sand blaster and barn wood finish<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Have you seen this YouTube video on making a homemade sand blaster? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6L_ArXCbYs&t=530s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6L_ArXCbYs&t=530s</a> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT","serif"'>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>