Hey all - I have an update and a quick question re: finishing. Update is that I had the boards taken and resawn. The issue now is that the wood underneith is pretty bare pine (ie no patina) - and...
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Hey all - I have an update and a quick question re: finishing. Update is that I had the boards taken and resawn. The issue now is that the wood underneith is pretty bare pine (ie no patina) - and...
Thanks for the heads up Scott. I am going to try and avoid planing if possible and just get someone with a larger saw to cut the gunk off. Hopefully that takes care of the smell etc. Let me know how...
Thanks Scott. I'm curious - after I plane it, if I want to regain a similar look as the pictures above (darker/reddish look), what would you use? Just shellac? Two things concern me with that: 1) The...
UPDATE:
After a few hours of denailing and scrubbing the blackened side, I am really excited at how good these boards are looking (see pics). The black soot mostly came off with some elbow grease...
Regarding how this chemical (whatever it is) got into the wood, my understanding is that this wood was the flooring on the second floor of the building - so the painted side was the floor of the...
What about starting with a coat of naphtha or goof off / mineral spirits before planing? Would that work?
Can you elaborate? Why is this a bad idea and what else could I do?
I am using the boards as a table top, and would like to keep the tongue and groove so that I can glue them together easily (and I like the look). I have 4 pieces, each is 69" long/7" wide. I am not...
Hi all. I am extremely new to woodworking so please bear with me. I have decided to make a table top and I have a few questions. I purchased some reclaimed old-growth tongue and groove heart pine....
Yeah, I am reconsidering using this piece, but we'll see. The problem is that most of the lumber I have found is 10 feet long and I'd rather not pay for a whole board and only use half (I have no use...
The desk is just going to be straight (no changes to the wood as it appears above) - so really just a table top I suppose. Size wise - originally I was going for a desk ~60 long x 24 deep x 2 thick....
Hey all, I have decided to build a live-edge desk and have selected a (potential) piece of wood. This is my first wood working project so please indulge me with any advice you might have. I have...