Wipe off excess stain with a lint free cloth or rag.
Distressed barn door stain colors.
Do 2 coats for a richer deeper color letting the coats dry fully in between.
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Via thriftyandchic diy farmhouse style finish to get this awesome finish you need to stain it with walnut stain paint it with gray bronze paint and sand it with steel wool.
Each opacity offers a level of color that reveals more or less of the wood.
In some lumber stores you can buy salvaged wood called barn wood so named as it s mostly salvaged from old barns which have seen many years of weathering if you were to buy wood like this for a project you can expect to pay a premium for the aged look of barn wood.
The most popular color.
Notice you can still see nails holes.
With arborcoat exterior stain you get year round protection plus a timeless palette of driftwood grays warm russets and woodland greens.
I know there will be a handful of you that want exact colors but it just doesn t matter.
Which is in case you are wondering minwax water based wood stain tinted in charcoal grey.
If you lay the door on it s side like this it s easier to reach everything.
The most common distressed barn door material is wood.
Mix a small amount of light grey latex paint and water into a plastic cup.
Mint turquoise white and charcoal gray.
Literally just dip your sponge in stain and wipe it on.
Repeat on all sides for each piece.
I used a mixture of about 1 part paint to 4 parts water using cil stratosphere the color color matched into sherwin williams paint at the.
Watch part 1 to see how to distress wood before staining.
Just grab a handful of colors that are along the lines of the color scheme you re going for and roll with it.
A dutch door is just so whimsical then add the barn door styling and it is just awesome.
Cover it with one more coat of dark stain to finish the look.
We did not fill them.
But one thing has bothered me.
To achieve it you ll need white paint and dark walnut stain.
This video demonstrates how to stain distressed wood for the barn door project.
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This will be a light grey wash.
After i originally stained it i was pleased but not perfectly happy with the color.
Distressed wood has the look of being weathered and old giving it texture and a rustic homey appeal.