Start with with giving your reclaimed wood a good cleaning.
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The last step to clean and refinish your reclaimed wood is to properly seal the wood.
How to finish reclaimed wood.
Start by thinning an oil based natural tint base stain 50 50 with mineral spirits.
I have been finishing recycled barn wood tables for over 15 years.
Apply a liberal amount of the mix to the face of a donor board and use 220 grit sandpaper to create a slurry of old finish.
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Make sure not to use too much.
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The surfaces will be flat again so you can treat it as though you were finishing new wood.
On the other hand if your plan is to plane the lumber down smooth then any shellac varnish or lacquer will work fine.
I use oil based polyurethane for the table tops.
Check for bugs and treat the wood if necessary.
I end up with a very low sheen but not dead flat with the seal under the flat.
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Prime the reclaimed wood with termite resistant solution.
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Sanding lighter or harder or using different grits will change the look of any finish you apply.
It s covered with olympic brand weathered barnboard stain and later distressed with random tools like a hammer.
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Both have a nice high build and are able to be smoothed out to a high grade professional finish.
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The very best way to avoid wood finishers remorse is to test your finishes on wood scraps of the same species as your masterpiece.
Which in a sense is what it will become.
Sand the scraps in exactly the same way you sand the table.
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Finishing reclaimed wood apply the finish for your final step pick the finish of your choosing and go to work.
Once the wood was dry from its cleaning i used a regular paint brush and sparingly applied the minwax finish.
The first two coats are zar semi gloss sanding sealer and then two coats of zar poly in a flat sheen.
Then use the sandpaper to transfer the slurry to the edge of the board.
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Check the wood beams for screws nails or other unwanted metal.
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