Wire brushed timber finishes

The term “wire brushed” means to scrape the surface of an object with a wire brush to give is an uneven distressed look and feel. Wire brushed timber is a type of finish whose surface has undergone scraping with a wire brush. The goal for this is to achieve a texture that’s anything but smooth and glossy.

The process of wire brushing the timber accentuates the timber grain by creating micro valleys in the soft grain from the summer growth ring of the tree. This then exposes the harder latewood in the timber making small ridges which results in a textural finish highlighting the timber natural beauty. When you wire brush the timber you get a gently distressed and rustic looking timber finish.

Wire brushing timber does leave man made markings like a smooth dressed board from a planer, nor does it distract from the timbers natural beauty like a band sawn finish.