A-hed; Old Wood Can Cost More Than New Lumber. People Want It Anyway. Fans go to extreme lengths to find weathered beams and boards; ‘reclaimed wormy chestnut’ ...

If your deck is looking a little weathered and you're considering replacing the boards, you might want to try this simple trick to see if you can squeeze a few more years of service out of them ...

Here are five ways to make new wood look old instantly. ... Always Start With a Test Board. Different species of wood will “age” differently, ... Cedar lumber with Minwax Weathered Oak stain.

Grind the ends of the boards to look weathered. Erode the Surface Remove some of the soft wood from between the growth rings (darker wood grain) by running the cup brush along the board.

I’ve written about it before for entirely new applications, but it’s excellent for tasking involving matching old weathered wood with new, bright wood.

LARAMIE -- The large wooden structures keeping snow off roads throughout Albany County could become a new resource for a Laramie company to produce weathered wood for their products, while ...