OT---Cedar Board Finish

Jiles · Apr 23, 2009

I am remodeling a large existing storage room, or closet in my basement. I am in need of 2x6 tongue-and-groove Western Cedar boards. These boards are expensive and they have a "rough" finish. They are not like rough sawen lumber but rather like "weather worn" that shows the grain. There are no saw marks on the surface.
What is this finish called and how is it produced?

hay · Apr 23, 2009

perhaps a 'brushed' finish. some pine and cedar and fir plywood had a brushed finish to accentuate the grain by raising it. brushing removes the softer layers of wood leaving the harder wood. i have not seen that type of finish in many years. everything is smooth sanded.

Jiles · Apr 23, 2009

Thanks---hay, everything I see is smoothe. I am trying to match the existing boards in a large room. It has three walls and even the celing finished with this type cedar. The price I get for what I "think" is the right finish, is close to $1.50 per foot! I also have to order at least 60' to find out.
I am considering matching, as close as possible, with another type board and staining the entire room.
Any suggestions would be welcome.

CJ3b_jeep · Apr 23, 2009

rough finish cedar is 7/8" thick, really $1.50 l/f is not too bad, guess it depends on how much you need. You may be able to get it custom milled for a reasonable rate.

Frank (N.Mi.) · Apr 23, 2009

We have had to match that surface before on a remode ljob. Luckily we have a floor model bandsaw. We set up a fence almost parallel to the blade(around a 20 degree angle) and "resawed" the boards. The teeth of the blade did a pretty respectable job of creating that "brushed" surface on the boards. A very straight, square fence and a consistent feed speed is all important.

Old Roy · Apr 23, 2009

You say all is smooth . are you asking of the color stain looks like grain? and your trying to match an added color. I can't imagine real ceder other than natural, if it has a grain texture it was probably brushed with a wire brush, or sanded with a coarse belt sander and smoothed with finer paper till results were achieved.

I've done it with pine, but ceder I like glassy smooth. and hand waxed.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 23, 2009

usually one side is smoothe, if you turn the board over it is rough sawned.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 23, 2009

A dull planer blade will give a rough, grainy finish, particularly with soft woods, like cedar. Might also be sandblasted.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 23, 2009

If by "rough finish" you mean that grain pattern stands above the surface rather than beeing fuzzy like rough-sawn,it probly was sand blasted.Sign makers do it with redwood all the time.Sand blasting eats away the softer sapwood between the anual rings.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 24, 2009

Or take the ceiling off to fill in the walls and redo the ceiling in something les expensive.

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