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#662169 Sat Jul 30 2016 08:17 AM
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Here is a shot of my new globe shelves.

The top one is 12', the middle one is 14' & the bottom one is 16' long. There is also a single globe mount made from a 7" x 7.5" barn beam scrap to the left of the shelves.

All the lumber is new for the shelves. It was aged in a two step process to match the original barn wood on the walls.

The hardest part of the entire project was running the new electrical lines thru the very tight attic area in the Coop. Doing it by myself took about 7 hours over 3 days to accomplish.

I can finally nicely display most of my globes and light them up. Much better than having them sitting on the floor.

Jim

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WOW !! looks Great !!


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Looks Great Jim, See you in Iowa! Thanks for posting.


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VERY nice!!! Love the barn wood also!! And love the rustic MS70!!


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Looks great Jim. I love the old barn wood. We used to have a room in our basement that I lined with that. I ran out before I finished it and found some cedar decking material that had set outside and it was almost exactly the same color as the barn wood. You did a nice job matching your shelf lumber. 7 hours in an attic is quite a sacrifice for a bunch of old gas globes.... smile ..GB

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Actually it was 7 hours of running up and down stepladders fishing wires through all the partitions and the insulation.

There is not enough room to get in attic for someone my size.

The last time I needed someone to actually get in the space, I used a 12 year old! LOL

Jim

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Looks great Jim. Do you mind sharing you're 2 step process for creating barn wood?


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Jamie,

It can be a multi-step process. Depending on how 'worn' you want the new wood to look when you're finished.

I didn't want the wood to be worn, so this time I just 'aged' the look of the new wood.

Start with a roll of 0000 steel wool. Pull it out so it is fairly open and loose. Put it in a sealable container and add at least one quart of vinegar. Seal and let it sit for at least 48 hours.

Once this concoction has aged, wipe it on your new wood. You will see a change in minutes. You can redo this a number of times (let it dry between applications) and it will make the wood darker each time. This step leaves the wood a darker brown.

Since real barn wood is gray, I follow up the vinegar/steel wool stain with a real commercial gray stain from Minwax. I prefer to NOT stir the stain in the can, but to just swirl it a bit at the beginning to bring a bit of the color off the bottom.

As you start applying the gray stain, you can adjust how much 'color' you are getting by how much you swirl the pigment up off the bottom. I don't like to get too much pigment as it will block out the brown undertones you made with the first step.

As you can see, this process does a believable job of taking new wood and making it look old.

Jim

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Looks super Jim!


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Thats very eye catching! Wow!


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Looks great. I really like that barn wood backing. Always wandered if that wood look good. I like it........


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So that's where all the Ethyl globes went. Looks good.


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Jim, can you post a closer up picture(s) of some of the shelving. I want to get a better look at this aged wood process.
Thanks.


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Pretty cool. Tell you a funny,I had some boards outside doing the age thing. My son thinking he would help me out put them in the burn pile.


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Very nice


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