Step to prep wood for accent wall

[ctom87]

I found some free wood that I will build an accent wall with in my future kid's nursery. Question prep though...

When I built my deck, I remember having to clean the wood. Do I need to be doing the same for this? I plan on cutting it so each board should yield 2 boards and then planing it down to thickness. Once that is done, I will stain it and treat it.

Do you guys think anything else is necessary?

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[ctom87]

Forgot to mention power washing also as an option and can't figure out how to edit the first post.

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[bwssr]

Some DIY shows show they scrub it with stiff bristle brushes as well

[Rick]

if you are going to plane it down, I don't know why you would scrub or wash it??

[bwssr]

Sand in the wood will kill blades

[Rick]

Sand in the wood will kill blades

yea....that is logical...was not thinking

[dmk]

Isn’t there a problem putting pressure treated inside? I’d be especially concerned in kids room.


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[ctom87]

Isn’t there a problem putting pressure treated inside? I’d be especially concerned in kids room.


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I read up on this and found multiple sites that said kt was not a problem. The one that did say it was said that it is OK, but kids put things in their mouth and that's why the recommended not doing this.

I am going to to get down to the meat of the wood and stain and seal it. It's going to be an accent wall so I don't think the kid will try to put it in his mouth. It should be very flush with no edges or pieces sticking out.

Edit: Found a tag on one of them and it is treated #2 prime.

[ctom87]

I am leaning toward ripping to size, then throwing it in jointer and planer. Should not have sand and dirt issues if doing this I don't think.

I am kinda leaning towards the "why clean the surface if you are going to cut it anyway" method.

[ctom87]

Oops didn't mean to send twice.

[brokeno]

Looks like a lot of work to me. Throw'n Darts and I did one last weekend . It was a breeze.

[mmoses]

Sand in the wood will kill blades

this

[Shortya]

Looking forward to pics of finished product!

[ctom87]

Was talked out of using treated lumber since this is going into a kid's nursery.

Back to the drawing board. Maybe I can have this done on Sunday. 1st layer of paint is already up on the walls. Need to do 2nd layer tonight. Found a how-to (not that I needed it other than to show me the most efficient way to do it) on YouTube...shouldn't take too long.

[Hooverfb]

Was gonna say really dont recommend using pt wood in a nursery or indoors in general. Its treated to stand being outside,otherwise just buy some untreated pine or oak hobby boards. If you do sand/saw the pt boards for something else,wear a mask!