This article was originally published in the new pioneer summer 2015 issue.
Cleaning wine barrels for furniture.
Transform an old whiskey barrel into a trash can or rain barrel use it to store firewood or as furniture.
Turns out we both underestimated things our rustic wine barrel maxes out at eight bags.
Never fill a barrel with wine if it is still seeping water.
1 3 cup to 1 2 cup for a 100 liter barrel.
We recommend you only clean the barrel every couple of years.
Next came the job of filling the barrel with pellets.
Before and after cleaning used wine barrel hoop bands.
Here is our wine barrel table.
Bung or cover the barrel and let the solution soak in the barrel for 24 hours.
In this how to care for wine barrel furniture blog i will go over a couple maintenance techniques what products to use and the ideal places to keep your wine or whiskey barrel furniture during the seasons to minimize the ware and tare.
With our barrel furniture i use an oil finish.
The vast majority of these barrels are either discarded or converted into planters.
Mar 2 2017 before and after cleaning used wine barrel hoop bands.
Whiskey barrels offer many other indoor uses and are available from home improvement stores for around 30.
Or 2 3 cup to 3 4 cup for a 225 liter barrel.
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Use 1 8 cup of cleaner for a 23 25 liter barrel.
With proper barrel care your cask could last for 8 to 10 years.
Made from virginia oak barrels.
The best way we ve found to clean out a barrel is a simple several rinse cycle.
However as mentioned before this will reduce the lifespan of the barrel.
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I have created a unique way of recycling this resource into fine beautifully hand crafted furniture.
The oak barrels used in the wine making process absorb and retain the deep rich color of the wine.
If you are using your barrel to age wine beer or low alcohol content spirits we recommend cleaning after each batch.
This table goes great with 2 adirondack or rocking chairs.
A barrel washing tool we492 is a very handy tool for this process and is highly recommended.
1 4 cup for a 46 50 liter barrel.