LENOIR, North Carolina – Deep in the mountains of North Carolina, Dale and
his partners are constantly looking for barns, cabins, smoke houses and other
wood structures that have been left behind for years.
Dale and his partners operate a company that takes
wood, most of it hundreds of years old, and repurposes it. They specialize in
repurposing Wormy Chestnut, Chestnut, Antique Heart Pine and White Oak for use
as lumber, siding, flooring, beams and mantels.
According to Ballew, his company’s business is truly a “Green” type of
company simply by reclaiming the Appalachian’s finest recycled antique
lumber.“We think it’s a great company because we are kind of as green as you
can get,” said Ballew. “We’re keeping woods alive and out of the landfill and
in some ways we’re finding woods that are the ultimate salvageable item. It’s
almost like picking up an old artifact.”
The company searches through the mountains of North Carolina seeking old
antique barns, houses, sheds, animal shelters and more, all in the effort to
reclaim some of America’s most beautiful woods.
“We’re actively taking down barns and houses because we’re after the wormy
Chestnut but we recover a lot of antique lumber doing that,” he said. “We
produce all types of lumber products as well as flooring, millwork, tables and
you name it. In the reclaimed wood business that’s kind of what we supply.”
Reclaimed Lumber & Beams provides lumber to a number of sources, hence
the need for quality finishing. “We deal with architects, general contractors,
homeowners, millwork houses, cabinet manufacturers and they all come with
specifications and we try to hook them up with antique lumber items,” he said.
“But finishing and restoring a several-hundred-year-old piece is important and
that’s why we use Waterlox.”
“When I Waterlox and how it works, I loved it. We do live edge saw and slab.
We take logs at saw mills with curly Maple or just a Walnut with some figure;
we saw all the way through it and make 40 inches wide 12 feet long 2 feet thick
for outdoor areas, cooking areas, conference rooms, flooring etc.
“The flooring guys we work with told us about Waterlox and suggested we use
it. Once we did it, it made the color just ‘pop.’ We’ve been using it and
recommend it. It brings the real color of wood out that all of the other
finishing products don’t and can’t.”They use Waterlox because the product
delivers durability and ease of installation when applying it.“Normal
polyurethanes don’t get as thick a coat as Waterlox and when you stand them up
next to each other, the Waterlox just makes it look 10 times better. Waterlox
bottom line makes the product look better and it goes on easy.”
Waterlox resin-modified Tung oil-based finishes are different from other
types of wood finishes on the market and offer a “best of both worlds”
alternative. For example, raw oils penetrate into the wood but will not provide
any real protection to the substrate and will need to be recoated often due to
oxidation. Surface finishes such as urethanes (either water or oil-based) will
lie on top of the surface, look more like plastic, can be brittle and once
breached will fail. The reason we are the best of both worlds is because
Waterlox’s resin-modified Tung oil formation penetrates like raw oil, but
protects and nurtures the wood without being brittle and having the plastic
look of surface finishes.
About Waterlox
Founded in 1910, Waterlox Coatings Corporation, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is
the nation’s leading manufacturer of premium wood finishes, handmade from
resin-modified Tung oil. A fourth-generation, family-owned company, now run by
Chief Executive Officer Jay Hawkins and Vice President Kellie Hawkins
Schaffner, Waterlox continues to manufacture products using the finest ingredients,
combining Tung oil, resins, mineral spirits and other ingredients to produce a
complete wood finish that gives the look and feel of naturally oiled wood.
Waterlox products represent the flooring industry’s highest level of quality
protection for both interior and exterior wood finishing projects and also
supply tools for application.
For more information about Waterlox, please visit http://www.waterlox.com or
call (800) 321.0377. To visit Waterlox on Facebook, click
HERE, or you can follow Waterlox on
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@tungoilfinishes.
Media Contact:
Ed DeMask / DeMask Marketing
630-768-1404, cell
630-389-0572, office
ed@demaskmarketing.com
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