Preserving old oak beams.

[saveasteading]

I've come cross adverts for shot-blasting old oak beams. These people seem to ignore that this could be illegal in a listed building, needs planning permission, have structural implications, and it's  simply 'a bad thing'.

 

So in case you are interested here is an alternative. Instead of blasting off the black paint and crud, along with a thickness of ancient timber, there is a paint which looks just like the original. Lightens the room up too. I could barely see that it wasn't the original wood even after being told.

 

The cost is a fraction too, as is the disruption. 

[Mr Punter]

What is the paint?