mjgreenwood Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 My wife took me to Restoration Hardware to show me a Salvage Wood Table. Link to table here The product information says that the wood is unfinished and unsealed. It did seem to not have a finish on it but the wood was way to uniform to be random "salvaged wood". Maybe I'm wrong. The wood in the table did feel unfinished yet really smooth (to 320 according to specs)but the color was to uniform so I'm guessing something in the prep. Bleaching or something. Just curious if anyone has some insight on sanding reclaimed wood but keeping the nicks and scrapes. And the other problem was how to ruff up and "age" the cut endgrain to make it match as nicely as the production piece. The joinery is simple enough on the table it's the finishing problems I'm trying to workout before I take up the task. (I've got a source for some 130 year old pine already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceHoleInOne Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 The wood should be kiln dried first. This will kill off any insects living in the wood and dry the wood to prevent rot and mold growth. Hopefully someone who works this kind of wood can chime in with more. -Ace- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronteti Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 Looks to me like the boards were cut from the same tree/ barn/piece of barn wood and ran through a drum sander together . The patina is probably common for wood exposed to the english weather, cold and wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onboard Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Sounds like they burnished the wood. If you want to Google it, try “burnishing wood –scraper” Card scraper burnishing seems to crop up in abundance if you don’t eliminate the word “scraper” from your search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjgreenwood Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Was offline for a bit, I'll look into thanks for the tip. Not sure where I'd find a place to kiln dry the wood in Chicago... I'll post what I do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjgreenwood Posted July 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Started doing some research on the burnishing and the descriptions sounds exactly like what I felt on these "unfinished" pieces. None of the forums had science to back up the process but from what I gathered wood shavings are used to create friction on the surface to close the pores on the surface and bring a soft luster to the wood. Many forums stated that wood turners use the process. It was also stated a number of times that once you do this finished will not penetrate well due to the closed pores.... One gentleman stated that he used burlap to burnish wood when he didn't want to deal with dust. So now I need to figure out how to efficiently perform that process on boards. It was also stated that sanding beyond 320 can have the same effect. Once I decide to start I'll have to run a test I guess. Anyone use this a finish on purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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