How To Seal Old Barn Siding

I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin.

How to seal old barn siding.

The proper approach to this is to install vertical strips of wood over the cracks from the outside. You guys this stuff is amazing. Naturally we do because metal siding is just metal roofing used to clad or cover walls. Open the bag and smell the wood.

The soft surface it provides over reclaimed barn wood has the additional benefit of not being ruined by fingerprints. Be sure to ask if your barn board is kiln dried. The sheets cover 3 foot so it goes up pretty fast. I m jealous you have 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. For cleaning and maintaining you only need to wipe the surface with a wet rag. Metal barn siding people often call us and inquire if we have metal siding. I love how pretty reclaimed wood is.

Place a few pieces of the salvaged wood in a plastic bag for 48 hours. To refresh the finish you can apply a new coat every 5 years or as deemed appropriate. Not knowing the size or purpose of your barn wood i d suggest mineral oil as used for butcher block. One thing you should be aware of though is that there are some metal roofing panels that do not work well for siding.

Barn board is almost always salvaged as vertical siding so vertical orientation of your boards reproduces a more authentic barn look. Minwax does have a wipe on polyurethane in a satin finish that will protect the barn wood. You can choose to use something like 1x2 inch cedar strips. Old barn wood can retain the smell of a farm for decades.

Once the wood was dry from its cleaning i used a regular paint brush and sparingly applied the minwax finish. The last step to clean and refinish your reclaimed wood is to properly seal the wood. In this video i show how easy it can be. 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.

Just guessing here but i bet you re leaving the gray or otherwise old surface of the wood intact. The rough weathered look of old barn lumber is appealing so i can see why you d choose it for a piece of furniture. I am making a tv stand out of 100 plus year old barn wood and wondered what you would suggest for a finish. If you smell the odor of animals or other offensive scents use the wood for outside projects only.

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