Use a polycrylic or water based top coat to seal the door and prevent exposure to any lead paint left on the door.
How to treat seal a reclaimed barn door.
To refresh the finish you can apply a new coat every 5 years or as deemed appropriate.
Wood that has been exposed to the elements on the side of a barn undergoes a natural chemical reaction that is triggered by the ultraviolet spectrum of the sun s rays.
Not knowing the size or purpose of your barn wood i d suggest mineral oil as used for butcher block.
Before i could turn the barn door into a table top i needed to clean the wood up.
Using reclaimed wood for these projects gives it a look that can t be replicated using any other methods.
Place a few pieces of the salvaged wood in a plastic bag for 48 hours.
I prefer the general finishes high performance flat top coat.
The top coat protects the wood while letting the beauty of the grain show and there s no shine to detract from the wood.
For cleaning and maintaining you only need to wipe the surface with a wet rag.
Then the idea was born to use this as the top of my craft room work table.
Open the bag and smell the wood.
Minwax does have a wipe on polyurethane in a satin finish that will protect the barn wood.
I used minwax polycrylic water based protective finish in clear satin you guys this stuff is amazing.
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 soft surface it provides over reclaimed barn wood has the additional benefit of not being ruined by fingerprints.
The result is a beautiful rough grained wood that can add interest to your interior design as decorative molding wainscoting or cabinet material.
How to treat reclaimed barnwood for bugs.
What i like about it is it has no sheen.
I m jealous you have barn wood.
If you smell the odor of animals or other offensive scents use the wood for outside projects only.
The use of barn wood and reclaimed wood for home projects and decor has become incredibly popular over the past decade and shows no signs of changing in the near future.
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.
I love how pretty reclaimed wood is.