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Here's what's left of the pile:

https://pic8.co/sh/xCmb5D.jpg

They clean up really well if you remove enough surface material! Yeah, there are a few nail/screw holes here and there. Big deal.

https://pic8.co/sh/yh57YS.jpg

This is pretty much every single tool I use for resurfacing right now.

https://pic8.co/sh/GltdpB.jpg

I started with the manual hand plane, and that worked wonderfully after a good sharpening and an adjustment. Then it broke. Don't get the Kobalt brand. I upgraded straight to an electric hand planer, because the bench top planer is four times the price, and you can only go up to I think 13 inches wide with it. After it's good and planed, I work it with the 60 or 80 grit until I'm satisfied with the surface. Then I'll fill any holes with the super glue mixed with the fine dust from my obital's dust bag. Then another rough sanding, move up the grit to the 220 for a nice polish, then it's ready for treatment.

Here's what's left of the pile: https://pic8.co/sh/xCmb5D.jpg They clean up really well if you remove enough surface material! Yeah, there are a few nail/screw holes here and there. Big deal. https://pic8.co/sh/yh57YS.jpg This is pretty much every single tool I use for resurfacing right now. https://pic8.co/sh/GltdpB.jpg I started with the manual hand plane, and that worked wonderfully after a good sharpening and an adjustment. Then it broke. Don't get the Kobalt brand. I upgraded straight to an electric hand planer, because the bench top planer is four times the price, and you can only go up to I think 13 inches wide with it. After it's good and planed, I work it with the 60 or 80 grit until I'm satisfied with the surface. Then I'll fill any holes with the super glue mixed with the fine dust from my obital's dust bag. Then another rough sanding, move up the grit to the 220 for a nice polish, then it's ready for treatment.

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Hey that's a nice idea, leaving some of the wood "aged" as you said, or sometimes I've heard it referred to as "distressed". I'm going to try that on one of my next projects. I do need to build some desks. That would make for a really nice surface look.

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I made some lovely garden gates out of sun bleached fir. Ran the random orbital sander over it to bring up color on the grain, put it together and then outdoor varnish. Beautiful, loads of compliments, not much work.

It was old structural wood left outside for a year…

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The Youtube woodworkers are all saying lately that the sort of "farmhouse" style is really in and profitable right now.

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Seems like it. People remember when America was great, mid century is also hot for a furniture style. The farmhouses styles seem to command top dollar, like farmhouse sinks, flaky distressed paint, weathered wood…. If I did it for a living i would make a ton of it. Sell it on Facebook or farmers markets.