Aging Rustic Beams from New Wood. 

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They look pretty good. If you have the time, it's a cool thing to do if you want to add a rustic look to your house. Thanks for watching.

I tried the wire brush route and was little disappointed in the results. But that just comes down to preference. Thanks for watching.

@@mediasawdust2458 That surprises me? When you tried the wire brush did you use the knotted strand brush or the lighter, individual strand type? The lighter type won't do a good job of raising the grain. I use two types of grinder brushes....the knotted strand disc and the knotted strand cup. I get both at Harbor Freight. The disc wears out pretty quickly but the cup seems to last. You don't want a disc or cup that is too aggressive. I am currently distressing about 500 linear feet of 8x8 Tamarack, Red Fir and White Fir, along with 20 feet of 8x10 white fir beams for a hybrid timber frame home I am currently building. I harvested all of the trees from my ranch and sawed up the beams on my sawmill. It's quite labor involved and the timbers are EXTREMELY heavy. But I have been a carpenter and a custom home builder for 46 years. At this point in my life I have numerous pieces of equipment, including a crane, along with power and hand tools to do "most" of the heavy work! Good luck with your woodworking pursuit!

Thanks, I'm glad that job is finished. Hard work.

Media Sawdust Yes just saw that video with the installation. It turned out beautiful. Detail in the faux rustic finish is impeccable. Gave that ceiling that high end cabin feel. Great Job!

Thanks, just installed the beams in the room I built them for.

That's it. I left it out all winter that year to let the snow melt on it so it could match the other timbers I put up. Thanks for watching.

They are Hemlock. It starts out brown and then greys a bit. What I did is leave the solution out in the hot sun for a week and I got a slight brown tint to it. I didn't want it too brown as the walls in the room I was renovating were going to be weathered oak. Thanks for watching.

There are plenty of private lumber sale companies who sell the raw stock in whatever you want. I had to drive a bit to get these but I probably could've found them closer to home if I looked hard enough. Also, you may not even have to do the same work because a lot of companies re-sell timbers from old barns that have been torn down. Good luck.

Whatever it takes, they did a number on the corners of my house.

A solution of water, vinegar and steel wool. Thanks for watching.

I ended up with two sections one just under and one just over 5ft and hid the joint line. Thanks for watching.

It would've been fine but I was putting these up myself and wanted them lighter and easier to manage. As it was, still took some effort to get them in place correctly. That's steel wool, vinegar and water. Works well on some woods. Thanks for watching.

Simple - None of the beams are structural, they were too short to be used for anything else, I didn't want any joint lines showing and they need to be lighter.

I did to square up the bottom.

Less expensive this way. At least for me it was.

Nice job on the beam thanks

@@johnburnett6180 Thanks, I really like the look of them now that they're up.

show us! :) great video btw. @@mediasawdust2458