How To Seal Old Barn Siding

I am making a tv stand out of 100 plus year old barn wood and wondered what you would suggest for a finish.

How to seal old barn siding.

Naturally we do because metal siding is just metal roofing used to clad or cover walls. Just guessing here but i bet you re leaving the gray or otherwise old surface of the wood intact. I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin. The sheets cover 3 foot so it goes up pretty fast.

Have you wondered how to install steel siding on a pole barn. In this video i show how easy it can be. 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.

I m jealous you have barn wood. Place a few pieces of the salvaged wood in a plastic bag for 48 hours. You can choose to use something like 1x2 inch cedar strips. 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. Old barn wood can retain the smell of a farm for decades. I love how pretty reclaimed wood is. 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. 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. Open the bag and smell the wood.

Barn board is almost always salvaged as vertical siding so vertical orientation of your boards reproduces a more authentic barn look. 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. 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.

Before i could turn the barn door into a table top i needed to clean the wood up. The rough weathered look of old barn lumber is appealing so i can see why you d choose it for a piece of furniture. Be sure to ask if your barn board is kiln dried. Minwax does have a wipe on polyurethane in a satin finish that will protect the barn wood.

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