How To Seal Old Barn Siding

The last step to clean and refinish your reclaimed wood is to properly seal the wood.

How to seal old barn siding.

Have you wondered how to install steel siding on a pole barn. I love how pretty reclaimed wood is. Then the idea was born to use this as the top of my craft room work table. If you smell the odor of animals or other offensive scents use the wood for outside projects only.

Metal barn siding people often call us and inquire if we have metal siding. One thing you should be aware of though is that there are some metal roofing panels that do not work well for siding. 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.

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. You can choose to use something like 1x2 inch cedar strips. 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.

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. Old barn wood can retain the smell of a farm for decades. I m jealous you have barn wood. I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin.

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. In this video i show how easy it can be. For cleaning and maintaining you only need to wipe the surface with a wet rag.

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. Be sure to ask if your barn board is kiln dried. Open the bag and smell the wood.

Not knowing the size or purpose of your barn wood i d suggest mineral oil as used for butcher block. The soft surface it provides over reclaimed barn wood has the additional benefit of not being ruined by fingerprints. Once the wood was dry from its cleaning i used a regular paint brush and sparingly applied the minwax finish. The sheets cover 3 foot so it goes up pretty fast.

Naturally we do because metal siding is just metal roofing used to clad or cover walls.