How to weather pine

[Judy A]

Hi everyone, my first post, so I hope its in the right spot !

I'm making some furniture for an old place in the French Alps using French pine, and to match the finish with what's there at the moment would like to achieve the effect shown as 'Distressed timber' at the website for

menuiserie-berard.com /catalogue /portes-uk.htm

(sorry, I don't seem to be allowed to enter website addresses )

where the growth rings stand out from the summer wood a little.

Has any tried this and please could let me know how you did it ?

Thanks very much

Judy

 

[DaveL]

Hi Judy,

Welcome to the forum.

You are correct, you link will be caught by our spam trap, this will stop once you have a few more posts.
I think you have edited it and it does not appear to work now but is this the page you are trying to link to?
I am sorry but I cannot help with your question, hopefully someone will be along soon who can.

 

[Judy A]

Bless you Dave, thanks, thats the right page.

Judy

 

[jasonB]

Sand blasting should do the trick, though bead blasting also works and gives softer edges. The softer summer growth is blasted away before the harder winter growthy

If on a smaller scale you could use a wirebrush

Jason

 

[John. B]

Blow torch then wire brushing then 000 wire wool then for finishing,
Oil or varnish, whatever you want the finish to look like :lol:
When I had a new roof I used the old purlings to make a fire surround and that's how I did mine.

John

 

[Judy A]

Thank you guys

I had a go with wirebrushing; with a brass brush it didnt seem to do much, and a steel brush creates grooves which remain despite wire wooling. Am i using too little or too much pressure perhaps ?

For bead blasting, I guess the best and cheapest would be to build the items and blast when complete, rather than blast the timber and then build ?

Judy

 

[jasonB]

A lot will depend on the quality of your pine, the existing beams are likely to be from slower growing natural trees, the new timber you have bought may well be plantation grown at a faster rate so the wood will not be as dense. Quite possible that it was actually Larch which is quite resinous and hard on the winter growth.

If you do opt for blasting then yes build the item first as the original would have been built and then naturally weathered over time.

Jason