I don't care much for it, but if you wish to engage in this (and it might just be a current fad).   There are some ways to simulate it.

https://www.familyhandyman.com/woodworking/how-to-make-your-own-barn-wood/?fbclid=IwAR2F_PJvolB7RU4HKeUJp9hz6OD4WZQMazed_RwCmvJNEZe6wpcJRhbYmXY&trkid=soc-fhm-facebook

 

or a "weathered wood stain."
 

 

 

Interesting, no really my thing either but someone might ask me to do it one day.

7 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Interesting, no really my thing either but someone might ask me to do it one day.

 

same here..

and I'll direct them to some body that knows...

I attempt this from time to time for picture frames.  I will have to give this stuff a try.  Thanks Keith,

1 hour ago, Cal said:

I attempt this from time to time for picture frames.  I will have to give this stuff a try.  Thanks Keith,

I like barns and have a few prints of barns that I have framed.  One of them was made from an aged 2x2 tomato stake that I got from my dad's barn.  I had to make sure the cut edges were all hidden.   That's about the only "weathered wood" I have.   But I have to fix a scratch in a weathered wood farm dining table today.   Hate it.

 

I get all the weathered and, distressed look I need every morning when I shave. 

Years age, I was in a contractor/developers office that had a similar "rustic" finish on the walls. He told me that he had the wood sandblasted. Not something a do-it-yourselfer would probably undertake but it did look very real as far as aging.

 And here I've been doing it the long way all this time. 

 

4 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

I get all the weathered and, distressed look I need every morning when I shave. 

ROTFLMAO  

Of course, you could just go for pallet wood.  Or not.  https://www.familyhandyman.com/woodworking/the-top-7-reasons-why-pallet-creations-are-so-out/?fbclid=IwAR1Hie8zHZDLIrKoOrqgrnvqIgrY7eRKGkXy8wRl-k-atGNJEBjTO6WPYkw&trkid=soc-fhm-facebook

 

5 hours ago, kmealy said:

Of course, you could just go for pallet wood.  Or not.

NOT...

thanks Kieth..

2 hours ago, Stick486 said:

NOT...

thanks Kieth..

Ditto. Got better things to do than bust pallets. 

And now, <drum roll>, Faux charred wood (shou sugi ban)  
https://www.truevalue.com/charred-wood-accelerator-qt

 

 

cf. original  https://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/dont-sand-burn-off-your-machine-marks-instead/

Looks like the active ingredient is Ferrous Sulfate Heptahydrate, and I see Amazon sells it in powder form.

You know what? I spent 18 years getting ejikated and never saw the inside of a chemistry lab. You can call me mentally lazy but, I just want to buy a can or bottle of whatever, slosh it on and not worry about it's lineage. As long as it doesn't singe my eybrows, I'm OK with it. I'm aware some folks have to watch out for certain chemicals due to their reactions to them. I'm lucky enough to not be affected by only one formulation. Alcohol makes me stupider. 

2 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

never saw the inside of a chemistry lab. 

Chem was always my weak point (except for concrete), but I do forensic searches on the web a lot, and it was easy to find the specs for the Varathane and figure out what makes it pop.  Then a search on Amazon is usually a mind-clearer for technical things.  If they sell it on line, it can't be that bad.  For example, I couldn't find sarin on Amazon.  Quel disappointmente.

1 hour ago, PeteM said:

  If they sell it on line, it can't be that bad.  For example, I couldn't find sarin on Amazon.  Quel disappointmente.

But Wikipedia will show you how to make it. I got a half pound of cyanide capsules on Amazon. When our friends found out, they quit dropping by for coffee. Solved our prairie dog infestation, too.