Sandblasting the Beams

Today the old beams were sandblasted to remove the limewash they had been painted with and prepare their surfaces for protective treatment. The effect has been to bring out the grain and the character of the wood and the colour has come out as a warm brown.

The sandblasting was done by GK Sandblasting, http://www.gksandblasting.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.272841336072991.73613.262499017107223&saved#!/pages/Gk-sandblasting/262499017107223 .

Julie did the hard work and is inside the suit in the photos doing the blasting whilst Graham kept an eye on the compressor and machinery. 

The dust billows out as the sandblasting begins

We also had a small area of the wall blasted to reveal the stone colour under the limewash, the exposed areas of wall will look very good when finished.