How To Seal Old Barn Siding

Before i could turn the barn door into a table top i needed to clean the wood up.

How to seal old barn siding.

The last step to clean and refinish your reclaimed wood is to properly seal the 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. Naturally we do because metal siding is just metal roofing used to clad or cover walls. I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin.

The rough weathered look of old barn lumber is appealing so i can see why you d choose it for a piece of furniture. Have you wondered how to install steel siding on a pole barn. 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. For cleaning and maintaining you only need to wipe the surface with a wet rag.

I m jealous you have barn wood. The proper approach to this is to install vertical strips of wood over the cracks from the outside. I am making a tv stand out of 100 plus year old barn wood and wondered what you would suggest for a finish. Be sure to ask if your barn board is kiln dried.

Once the wood was dry from its cleaning i used a regular paint brush and sparingly applied the minwax finish. 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. If you smell the odor of animals or other offensive scents use the wood for outside projects only.

Minwax does have a wipe on polyurethane in a satin finish that will protect the barn wood. Open the bag and smell the wood. Or if your shed looks like it is 100 years old and you want to maintain that look you can search out a source of recycled barn boards and rip them into strips to use on your shed. Metal barn siding people often call us and inquire if we have metal siding.

You can choose to use something like 1x2 inch cedar strips. In this video i show how easy it can be. I love how pretty reclaimed wood is. To refresh the finish you can apply a new coat every 5 years or as deemed appropriate.

Then the idea was born to use this as the top of my craft room work table. The soft surface it provides over reclaimed barn wood has the additional benefit of not being ruined by fingerprints. Not knowing the size or purpose of your barn wood i d suggest mineral oil as used for butcher block. You guys this stuff is amazing.

Old barn wood can retain the smell of a farm for decades.