I want to remove the dark wood stain from wood beams and bring them back to their natural color. Best way?
Question:I have a ton of exposed wood beams in my house that are stained a very dark brown. I would like to bring them back to their original state.
Answers:
sand blast is the only way. very messy and time consuming, but great result.
cheers
don't know about sand blasting? seems like it would pit the wood pretty bad.could try those gel paint or varnish removers to get most of it then.sand,sand,sand...
If you did not build the house yourself--the beams just maybe in their original state.. You must have a lot of money to spend on nothing. More money than good connon sense. A carpenter would not take on the job--the fee would be unbelieveable. They do not have the time to fool with this senseless home repair.Your house is gona be a mess for a long time. Stain goes deep into the wood and will take a lot of man hours to clean one board--may have to buy a planer. A planer will set you back quite a few sheckles.
You sure they are decorator beams or do they hold up the roof or other indoor structor?
Buy a table saw and use vanneer--cut to fit --select the color desired ---saw and cover the beams. Use finishing nails. Small ones. 10 years from now you might want the dark stain back--remove the vanneer. PRESTO Go buy a house that does not have beams and let the people who buy your house worry about the color.
You could try sanding an inconspicuous (small) area to see if it lightens and brings the wood back to it's natural state. But if the stain runs deep.I agree with Gerald and the most financially practical thing to do is to have veneer installed over the wood beams!
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