Painting, Staining and Touch-Ups

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Steps needed to finish Timber and Sandblasted Beams and Products.

These products come completely unfinished and are raw polyurethane with no primer on them.

Primer shown

Step 1.

You will first need to prime these beams prior to staining. We recommend you use a water base primer. We like to use  Benjamin Moore ‘Fresh Start” 100% acrylic all-purpose primer (as shown above). Spray or brush your  product with the primer. You will have to experiment as to what color the primer should be. The color we use with great results is a peanut color. It’s called Deep color Base 023 04, then tint with BK-10 OY-2x28 RX-8.

Stain shown

Step 2.

After the primer is dry you are ready to stain. Use a Water Base Acrylic Deck stain. We recommend using Sherwin Williams “DeckScapes” OR Benjamin Moore deck stain "Moorewood" (as shown above).

Use a good quality brush for application, as it will give you good coverage and a better finish. You can use your judgment as to how heavy a coat to apply the stain. It's best to apply the stain approx 4 ft at a time. Then before the stain dry's use a moist soft rag or cheese cloth to gently wipe of the some of the stain to lighten the color. The harder you wipe, the more stain will come off resulting in a lighter finish. You will need to practice to see how much pressure you use when wiping to achieve your desired result. Make sure you periodically rinse the paint out of your rag or cheese cloth.

Steps needed to finish Rustic, Raised Grain, Roughsawn, Windswept, Belmont, Mesa, Tahoe, Woodland, Pecky Cypress beams, and Panels.

These products come pre-primed in a tan color and are ready to except stain.

Stain shown

Use a Water Base Acrylic Deck stain. We recommend using Sherwin Williams “DeckScapes” OR Benjamin Moore deck stain "Moorewood".

Use a good quality brush for application, as it will give you good coverage and a better finish. You can use your judgment as to how heavy a coat to apply the stain. Then use a moist rag or cheese cloth to gently wipe of the some of the stain to lighten the color. The harder you wipe, the more stain will come off resulting in a lighter finish. You will need to practice to see how much pressure you use when wiping to achieve your desired result.

Stain shown

To make small touch-ups use a Benjamin Moore deck stain called "Moorewood".
Start with ultra base 065-4B and have the paint store tint this stain using this code: BK-2x, GY-4, OG-2x15, OY-1x8, YW-2.

The original color depends the style. Please refer to the diagram below:

^* Unfinished beams can be easily stained or painted to match any decor.
^** These beams are prepped for painting and come pre-primed in white.

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