How to Distress New Wood

Watch me, B&O Craftsman as I take a new piece of wood and do two different distressing techniques. Please make sure you subscribe ! Enjoy.

Some of the tools used in this project:

Here is an example of using this technique :

[jonnyrox]

I bought a pinch roller for applying laminate to a substrate off Craigslist for $40, it's 50" wide and had no motor, the rollers were beat to hell but I had a purpose in mind. I drove horseshoe nails, finish nails, screws and wire coils into the rubber on the rollers and attached a crank to the drive spindle. The lower roller is adjustable for thickness so I can run anything from half to four and a half inches through it and it only repeats the pattern every 22", almost undetectable. By varying the pinch pressure I'm able to go from a mild distress to heavy distress at the turn of a spring loaded knob. This cobbled together piece of crap has saved me hundreds of hours of labor making my line of rustic old west furniture. Along with the good ol' vinegar and steel wool trick I can use lumber fresh off the greenchain and make it appear 100 years old in less than a week.

[brodie]

Made my wife a picture frame using this paint technique and it looks amazing. I spent about $2 on the pine since there is a lumber yard on my street and $1 on glass from a cheap from at the dollar store. Thanks for the video!

[jasongomez]

I did the one with the black paint and it turned out so awesome I also used gray latex paint on a rubber roller and went across it hear and there also on some of the other boards I went across the whole board and it just colored the tips of the grains and the distress lines it came out so amazing. I thought of another tool to distress the wood. just a regular brick with very rough lines like some houses have by running it across the wood it worked perfectly. On some of the boards I dipped the brick in some of the gray paint that I poured on a paper plate (small amount) like if I where going to use to stamp it but instead of stamping it on the board i ran it down the board either pushing it down hard and light alternating. Very unique look but on all the boards I still used the black paint technique. Thank you so much for making this viedo. keep up the beautiful work.

[richardmckay]

I went backwards for shutters for sun porch light Grey with rag really scrubbed then sanded then wiped on Walnut stain. looked great going to try your method never to late to learn looks great try my method you will love it

[AffordBindEquipment]

one way I learned from an old school finisher, if you don't want such a dramatic change but still want the distressing to show, stain the piece, let it dry, then spray on sanding sealer. let that dry, sand lightly and then stain with ebony stain or something very very dark. when you wipe off the stain, it will stay in the holes and crevices you have created, accenting these while leaving the rest of the area with the regular stain. let dry and then top coat. I have used this many times to great effect, including on a huge mirror frame that was 10" wide. I beat on that thing for a week until I was satisfied it was distressed enough.

[Zanezach]

This is an outstanding DIY tutorial. My wife pulled the "while we're here..." move when shopping this weekend. Walked into a joint that had all sorts of furniture with this same application, $300 later we now have a table that I could have easily distressed myself with your method.

[ScottishMatters]

the best video i've seen on wood distress. straightforward, no music!! and a great effect. thank you. subscribed

[unravelingnots]

I like the black paint ideal, good tutorial thanks.

[UnstoppableMorgan]

thank you for making this video!!! Its the best I've seen for distressed wood.

[vanessacarns]

Going to try this to make a "reclaimed wood" case ceiling in a hallway! Builder wanted $1800 for this upgrade. Thanks for the great tips!

[jp-luyp]

Awesome video. I use 550 cord with nuts and bolts and swing it. The type of wood determines how hard I'm striking the wood. Thank you for making this video. I learned some new techniques.

[tauntyouasecondtime]

Thank you so much for this! God bless the interwebs. My search brought me right to your video - and it's EXACTLY what I needed for my wife's birthday present I'm working on! Thank you!!

[RoseWoodWork]

Very cool, I prefer the stain! Great video 👍🏻

[paulbrowning]

Nice work. Like the black paint technique.

[brucecampbell]

Made a sign today with this style(orange). Used sheet metal letters, turned out amazing.

[RandyKng]

The black "stain" process reminds me of using a torch to scorch the wood. Similar look.

[tonyalways]

Nice tips although to be honest I don’t fancy the angle grinder trick. What I have done previously is run a chisel down the sides and vary the pitch to create some uneven scallops. It creates an effect that looks almost like it’s been hand hewn with an axe. It is a bit strange I think that we all love wood that looks like it’s been beaten up after spending thousands of years (and dollars!!) developing and buying tools and machines that create perfect surfaces. Humans are funny creatures for sure!! That said, the piece turned out lovely so thanks for sharing 👍🏻🍻

[tertulioustert]

The position of the cameras is just awesome, plus the looks are great, ty sir

[anfonieb]

Awesome just what I needed! Thanks for the video!

[SolveFixBuild]

Thanks for this. I used these same tricks to distress the fresh cut edge on my mantle build on my channel.