Fence palings

[TARLOX]

I have come across some nice old fence palings, which I plan to make some picture/photo frames out of.

Some of them I plan to give a light sand to keep the old weathered look, and the rest i will run thru the thicknesser.

Can anyone give me some advise regarding recommended finishes for the timber. ie tung oil, bees wax, danish oil etc). I have no idea.

[RufflyRustic]

Hi Tarlox,

I prefer to simply wirebrush the palings, rinse off thoroughly, dry, then use as it. Keeps the rustic look. Sanding could mean you lose the true weathered look.

Have a look here (http://www.usq.edu.au/users/hoeyw/)for some egs of my rustic fence paling frames.

cheers
RufflyRustic

[kevin42]

All finishes will darken the lovelly silver patina of the weathered timber.Oil finishes will tend to turn the silver colour a non desript brownie sort of shade,varnishes or poly eurothanes maybe less so, had best results with marine varnish,try first always on scrap piece first GOOD LUCK

[kevin42]

If you use a block of wood as a sanding block and carefully sand just the high points you can get some interesting effects HAPPY CREATING:)

[Ashore]

I have come across some nice old fence palings, which I plan to make some picture/photo frames out of.

Some of them I plan to give a light sand to keep the old weathered look, and the rest i will run thru the thicknesser.

Can anyone give me some advise regarding recommended finishes for the timber. ie tung oil, bees wax, danish oil etc). I have no idea.I take it these are hardwood , if so for the ones you run through the thicknesser I usually go with a burnishing organoil. I apply this on a pad with my palm sander as this causes the oil to heat slightly and gives a slight buffing.
For inside use I find this is enough but you can apply wax etc for other finishes.
I like the colours of the hardwood and using old weathered palings you get thin milled hardwood with little waste. As long as they arn't too old and dry .


Rgds
Russell




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[TARLOX]

Thanks for the tips. I will try a few of the ideas and see how they come up.

Regards

TARLOX