Cleaning Reclaimed Barn Wood

I love how pretty reclaimed wood is.

Cleaning reclaimed barn wood.

Then the idea was born to use this as the top of my craft room work table. This tutorial shows you how to do it. If you re planning to use it in a project the first step of that project will be to clean the old wood assuming of course that you re like me and you want to install clean reclaimed wood into your home. It s a fact that reclaimed wood is usually dirty.

A friend and i managed to find a beautiful barn door and so i took it home and it sat in my garage for quite some time. Next once the wood was dry i took it to the planer this cut the sanding process. However due to the age of many barn wood planks a thorough cleaning is required to make them safe to use in projects or in your home. Make sure not to use too much.

And unfortunately i learned this the hard way. Once the wood was dry from its cleaning i used a regular paint brush and sparingly applied the minwax finish. Before i could turn the barn door into a table top i needed to clean the wood up. Give it a scrub or sand down.

I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin you guys this stuff is amazing. Barn wood can add weathered rustic charm to your home. Within minutes the wood was looking much cleaner and i had lots of fun scrubbing that old nasty barn wood. The most important lesson i ve learned with reclaimed wood is when to lightly clean it vs.

Cleaning reclaimed wood salvaged wood often comes with an intriguing backstory and a unique appearance but also with embedded dirt dust and debris. Years ago when i started cleaning reclaimed wood i would sand it down with a hand sander which would get rid of that beautiful patina and some of the character.