Sheppz-
thanks @Sheppz all reclaimed planks. I haven’t started blow torching yet. The planks are redwood I think and possibly upto 50 years old.
I love the heavy distressed look on some of the planks, basically i went hard with wire brush revealed some great grain texture but also loads of splits and flaking. I then stained them black another coat required. To be fair this was the back up plan, if the gas torch burning method doesn’t work.
The fixed planks are much decayed trying to preserve that state as long as possible, torching these would possibly disintegrate them. The black studded nails were an unplanned bonus from the roofing supplier
So less distressed planks will be torched.. I want to understand how the timber behaves with the charring process, I think this is more art than science, not sure I will achieve the below finish, but I do like the grain profile like contours on an OS map. I also need to allow for windows cut outs, more on that later
I’ll post results soon
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almac68
Very happy with results including verge boards to conceal the plastic trim from the EPDM kit
plank prep
1, before wire brush to remove as much residue as possible
2, before staining