How To Seal Old Barn Siding

Once the wood was dry from its cleaning i used a regular paint brush and sparingly applied the minwax finish.

How to seal old barn siding.

Old barn wood can retain the smell of a farm for decades. Then the idea was born to use this as the top of my craft room work table. I m jealous you have barn wood. One thing you should be aware of though is that there are some metal roofing panels that do not work well for siding.

You can choose to use something like 1x2 inch cedar strips. Have you wondered how to install steel siding on a pole barn. The last step to clean and refinish your reclaimed wood is to properly seal the wood. To refresh the finish you can apply a new coat every 5 years or as deemed appropriate.

I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin. Be sure to ask if your barn board is kiln dried. In this video i show how easy it can be. Naturally we do because metal siding is just metal roofing used to clad or cover walls.

For cleaning and maintaining you only need to wipe the surface with a wet rag. The proper approach to this is to install vertical strips of wood over the cracks from the outside. Minwax does have a wipe on polyurethane in a satin finish that will protect the barn wood. Kiln drying barn board is less important for the dimensional stability of the boards and more important for killing any insects left on or in the wood.

I am making a tv stand out of 100 plus year old barn wood and wondered what you would suggest for a finish. The rough weathered look of old barn lumber is appealing so i can see why you d choose it for a piece of furniture. Just guessing here but i bet you re leaving the gray or otherwise old surface of the wood intact. Place a few pieces of the salvaged wood in a plastic bag for 48 hours.

The sheets cover 3 foot so it goes up pretty fast. I love how pretty reclaimed wood is. Before i could turn the barn door into a table top i needed to clean the wood up. Barn board is almost always salvaged as vertical siding so vertical orientation of your boards reproduces a more authentic barn look.

The soft surface it provides over reclaimed barn wood has the additional benefit of not being ruined by fingerprints. Open the bag and smell the wood. Metal barn siding people often call us and inquire if we have metal siding. If you smell the odor of animals or other offensive scents use the wood for outside projects only.

Not knowing the size or purpose of your barn wood i d suggest mineral oil as used for butcher block.