My customer has some bad rails in his split rail fence but does not want to wait for the replacements to age. Any one have a method for making new splitrails look like the old gray green ones?
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experiment with diluting bleach with water & applying to woodwork
There is always sandblasting... but be REAL careful and practice on some scraps first. It will not take much at all.
This is assuming that the rails are wearing in a manner that would be similar to what sandblasting does. It cuts into the wood and makes little ridges in the grain and smooths off the edges.
Edited 8/8/2004 11:48 pm ET by Rich from Columbus