in this video we're going to take you through the entire process of demolishing the old barn
salvaging this wood off of it then we're going to show you
how to clean it up and prepare it for your project
how's it going guys welcome back to the patriot diy channel you can see behind me we have a bunch
of old barn wood back here this wood is about a hundred years old it was salvaged from an old
tobacco barn that's been in my family for a very long time and we're gonna repurpose it and give it
new life and put it on the wall back here in our shop so today we're going to be talking about how
to salvage clean and process reclaimed barn wood if that sounds like something you're interested in
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thumbs up that really helps us out we're going to take you through the entire process of demolishing
the old barn salvaging this wood off of it then we're going to show you how to clean it up and
prepare it for your project all right guys so this is just some beautiful wood back here behind me
now one reason this wood looks so good and why it was so well preserved over the years
is because the entire barn was covered in barn shingles which was good for preserving the wood
but bad for me because i was the one that had to remove all of those shingles each of these
pieces of wood was completely covered in shingles and roofing nails that had to be taken off now
before we get into that i want to just show you guys real quick two tools that were absolutely
necessary for this project i would not have been able to get this project done without these two
tools the first is a good long pry bar this one specifically has an articulating head on it so you
can rotate it to whatever position you need has a nice long handle on it that came in handy big time
for getting a lot of those nails out the next is this shingle remover or roofing shovel or
whatever you want to call it has a nice long handle on it so you can get a lot of leverage
and it has a big wide head on it with a lot of teeth now what i was able to do with this
was to get up underneath those shingles and really pry down on it and these teeth will grab
into all of those roofing nails and i'm able to pop them out all at one time so this made the
process go a whole lot faster and honestly guys i never would have got it done without
this tool right here and i will link to those in the description below so let's get right into it
all right guys first thing we did was inspect the barn
obviously a lot of the wood especially lower down on the walls was rotted and had some bug damage
and stuff like that so we wanted to inspect the wood and find what was in the best shape
once we had done that the next thing we had to do was clear out the area around
the barn so we had some room to work so we got out the chainsaw we cut down some
of these trees and brush around it so we had plenty of room to work and then
i got to work removing the shingles that was probably the worst part of the whole project
but the tools that i showed you earlier in the video made it go a lot easier
once the shingles were removed i found the easiest thing to do
was to go into the barn from the inside and use a dead blow hammer or some type of mallet
to knock the boards out from the inside you do want to be careful doing this you'll notice
that i'm wearing some glasses some good work gloves and a hard hat while i'm working on this
up once we had everything loaded up and back to the house it was time to start
removing any nails that were left over and let me tell you there were a lot of nails
and more nails
but after all that hard work the result was something pretty awesome
now this wood did sit under my shelter for a good long while before i was able to get back to it
but now we're ready to get everything laid out and start cleaning it up
we're going to start by going over the whole thing with a pressure washer
and i will put a link to the one i'm using in the description below if you want to check it out
but all i'm doing here is getting off any dirt or pollen that's on there i'm not trying to take off
the top layer of the wood or change the character of it at all i'm just trying to get it cleaned up
so
all right guys now that we've got this wood all sprayed and cleaned up we're going to go back
and put a product called boracare on here since this wood has been sitting out for a long time
this is just some wood treatment that's going to help kill any bugs that may be in it
prevent more bugs from getting into it and it's also going to prevent things
like mold and algae and stuff like that from developing on here
and to apply this we're just going to be using a standard two gallon pump sprayer
and once everything was cleaned and treated we got it back inside so it could dry out
all right guys as you can see this is just some beautiful wood it's
old rough sawn lumber you can even see all of the saw marks going through it from that old sawmill
you'll notice that it does have a lot of character there's a lot of holes in it from those
roofing nails and things like that a lot of different colors going through it we have
some reds and some lighter colors and some that's already turned to gray
so it's going to give us a lot of character on our wall and like i said guys these boards are massive
most of these are 17 foot long these ones here are 12 inches wide a full one inch thick
this is some great lumber and by 2022 standards this is thousands of dollars
worth of wood right here what you're seeing in this clip is only about half of what i have
and there is more on the barn that i could go back and get if i needed to the last thing we're
going to do here guys is just go in and cut off any of the ends that are rotted or broken
all right guys that is it for how to salvage your old reclaimed barn wood for your projects
i hope this video helped you out guys and like i said i'm going to link to all the stuff we
used in the description below make sure you stick around though because the next thing
we need to do is start getting some of this cut down and get it installed on the wall
in our shop this project really meant a lot to me guys because this barn has been in my
family for years and years and it's great to be able to repurpose that and give it new life
and put it up in my shop and it'll be in my family for years to come
so thanks for watching guys please like share and subscribe and we'll see you next time
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