Here is a project that I did a couple years ago for my sister. She wanted "Barn Wood" looking boards, and she would paint the wording on them. So I posted the question on another forum, and Keith came to my assistance with this link:

http://www.prettyhandygirl.com/how-to-make-new-wood-look-old-weathered-and-rustic/

Here are some pictures of the PIP:

 

Here are the plain boards with the starting of distressing them

 

 

 

 

 The start of the "Barn Wood" process

 The Finished Product, ready to hang on the wall.

 

Thank you for looking.

Edited August 25, 20169 yr by Chips N Dust

They came our really nice! Thanks for the link, too.

 

A long time ago I was visiting a builders home and was taken into the den. The wood looked super old with deeply etched patterns as if the elements had worn away the softer areas between the grain. When I asked about it, they explained that the boards weren't that old but had been sandblasted to achieve that look. I always thought that was a pretty neat trick.

19 minutes ago, lew said:

They came our really nice! Thanks for the link, too.

 

A long time ago I was visiting a builders home and was taken into the den. The wood looked super old with deeply etched patterns as if the elements had worn away the softer areas between the grain. When I asked about it, they explained that the boards weren't that old but had been sandblasted to achieve that look. I always thought that was a pretty neat trick.

Thank you for the compliment. I used a wire brush, coarse grit (40 or 60) sandpaper and then a mesh bag of hardware. Oh and few light taps with a framing hammer to get the distressed look.

I use glazes a lot.   I'd say probably 80% of my finishing uses a glaze either to home in on a color match or to create an effect.  My most-used glaze colors are burnt umber and vandyke brown.  

 

A good primer on glazes is by my favorite finishing author.

 

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/glazes_and_glazing_techniques

 

 

I usually just build tables out of the stuff...

Son wanted a table to sit his Xbox stuff on....

WHOA!!!