How can I get the Rough cut lumber to age a certain color?

[JOE.G]

I sided my Shop in Rough Cut Hemlock and there maybe some pine mixed in. I also have a few other out buildings sided like this, The Shop is fresh others are about a year old and they are turning gray. Around here I see Gray barns and Brownish colored barns that have alike a yellow color near the eaves, any Idea how I may be able to get the brownish color?

this link shows a barn color kind of like what I want. Thanks



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Not sure if this is the right spot to post this but figured you guys use Rough Cut often Thanks

 

[mtngun]

Nice barn.

Either wait 10 or 20 years, or else apply a greying stain. You can buy the greying stain or else make it yourself.

Don't have a link handy, but from memory the basic recipe is iron (usually steel wool) dissolved in vinegar.

 

[sachsmo]

Good to see you posting Gun,

Rustic is cool,

reminds me of our Summer Vacations when I was a youth.

Had an old Bachlor Uncle that jumped a train to up North and was a caretaker for an Auto Industry Moguls Summer place.

He left Grandpa his 40 acres of rock, and an old house that never had a coat of paint.

 

[twoclones]

Nice barn.

Either wait 10 or 20 years, or else apply a greying stain. You can buy the greying stain or else make it yourself.

Don't have a link handy, but from memory the basic recipe is iron (usually steel wool) dissolved in vinegar.

Soaking steel wool {the kind that will rust} in vinegar over night, then straining out the steel wool, was used to ebonize this wood carving. I don't know if one can control the process to make the wood grey.

 

[JOE.G]

have heard that pine goes brown and Hemlock goes Silver Gray, My Coop has Hemlock Boards and Pine Battens, My Shop is all Hemlock I think.

I have thought about the Oil/Diesel and atf route, How long does it last? Do you guy's have Pic's of the wood you guys have either stained,left natual or used the oil/homemade stains on?

I would like more of a Brown Color then a Gray.

 

[john taliaferro]

Linseed oil might be close ,try it on a sample board first . The problem is it only last ten years or so and will need re done .

 

[JOE.G]

Could I spray Linseed oil on? or does it need to be brushed?

 

[twoclones]

Spray

I spray linseed oil on all my carvings. I don't thin it but if you like, thinning with lacquer thinner may make it dry more quickly. And if the timber is dry, you do not need to worry about runs because the wood will soak it up.

 

[JOE.G]

Do you happen to have pic's of some of the stuff you sprayed in linseed oil so I can get an idea. Thanks

 

[twoclones]

Yes but not what you might expect...

This is Sycamore with linseed oil then spar. Generally, linseed yellows the wood a bit to give it a warmer color and shows the grain better. It turns black walnut much darker... Not sure this will be much help without a before and after shot.

 

[JOE.G]

Didn't help much, but that is ok, nice work.

 

[twoclones]

Penofin?

I just learned about an American made product called Penofin. Their Mendicino Mist was used to make this wooden donkey gray. Donkey carved by Gary Keenan.

 

[JOE.G]

I don't want it gray, I want it to be more like a brown with the yellow mixed in.

 

[twoclones]

Perhaps one of these Penofin colors?

 

[WadePatton]

I love the natural grays.

But that's a function of the wood you start with. As in: if you start with bodock (osage), it'll turn brown. :msp_thumbup: Probably are other woods that will give browning aging naturally, but not 'round here. I love looking closely at the gray boards and picking out the various species used-not unusual at all to find walnut and cedar mixed in with the normal poplar, red oak, white oak, maples-etc.

Stains/sealers require regular maintenance, just like paint. i got enough to do w/o that.

 

[JOE.G]

I am leaning toward just leaving it natural, My coop just turned a Year old so I got a jump start on seeing what that turns into and then I know my Shop should be close.

 

[Dobbs]

If you would like to try to get it to age together/the same. You might use a wood cleaned made by Flood Co. or there are others.

Fence Stain | Solid Wood Finish | Flood

I have used it for years to clean cedar before staining or to get it all to age to the same gray/browm.

 

[sachsmo]

That Flood is pretty good stuff.

Deck at my place was 3-4 years old and pretty grey when we moved in.

First couple years gave it two coats, since then one a year does it.

 

[Dave Boyt]

Was that donkey carved from a single block of wood? Nice work (as is your pelican)! Thanks for the photos.

 

[twoclones]

Was that donkey carved from a single block of wood? Nice work (as is your pelican)! Thanks for the photos.

Not my Ass! Gary Keenan carved that donkey.
I can only suspect that it was carved from 2 or more blocks of wood.