Crossposted to alt.home.repair and rec.woodworking.
If this is a problem I won't do it again.
I have access to cedar boards full 1"x6" that sat too long and rotted in the
middle. Run through the planer they have a beautiful lacy look.
I love the way they look and they are still plenty strong on the edges.
But because they have started to rot they absorb water like a sponge.
I would like to use them as a garden fence but I doubt they would last long.
Is there any reasonably priced UV sealer that might help these boards shed water
instead of sponging it up.
I have used them in the soffit of my garden shed where they remain dry and they
look terrific just oiled.
Well, not really. If the boards are installed vertically, it's doubtful
they'll ever exceed the ~20% MC required for active fungal growth for any
length of time. "Pecky" cedar was a staple out on the left coast. Second
fence I put up at a house I owned - first went down in a helluva storm - was
still there twenty-five years later when I paid a visit..
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> > I have access to cedar boards full 1"x6" that sat too long and rotted in
> > the
> > middle. Run through the planer they have a beautiful lacy look.
> > I love the way they look and they are still plenty strong on the edges.
> > But because they have started to rot they absorb water like a sponge.
> > I would like to use them as a garden fence but I doubt they would last
> > long.
> > Is there any reasonably priced UV sealer that might help these boards
shed
> > water
> > instead of sponging it up.
> > I have used them in the soffit of my garden shed where they remain dry
and
> > they
> > look terrific just oiled.
>
> Rot is rot and it will continue. You can coat it, you can make it look
> pretty, but you won't stop it unless you cut it out. The only question is
> if the labor is worth the efforts on rotted wood to prolong in a few more
> months, maybe a couple of years.
>
>
Vibrating them through your planer will shake out a lot of interior
substance. My fence boards were bare, as they should be. I wouldn't waste
my time with anything else, if it were me.
"Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Would a splash of UV protected Thompson Water seal help protect them and
> maintain the color.
> I can always unscrew them a run them back through the planer in a year or
two.
> I did this with another fence using old planer blades to just remove the
grey
> and it worked pretty good and took very little time (except the staple
removal).
> Made the old fence look like new. A few warped boards were a problem but
most
> were great.
>
"Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> I have access to cedar boards full 1"x6" that sat too long and rotted in
> the
> middle. Run through the planer they have a beautiful lacy look.
> I love the way they look and they are still plenty strong on the edges.
> But because they have started to rot they absorb water like a sponge.
> I would like to use them as a garden fence but I doubt they would last
> long.
> Is there any reasonably priced UV sealer that might help these boards shed
> water
> instead of sponging it up.
> I have used them in the soffit of my garden shed where they remain dry and
> they
> look terrific just oiled.
Rot is rot and it will continue. You can coat it, you can make it look
pretty, but you won't stop it unless you cut it out. The only question is
if the labor is worth the efforts on rotted wood to prolong in a few more
months, maybe a couple of years.
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:57:35 -0500, "George" <george@least> wrote:
>Well, not really. If the boards are installed vertically, it's doubtful
>they'll ever exceed the ~20% MC required for active fungal growth for any
>length of time. "Pecky" cedar was a staple out on the left coast. Second
>fence I put up at a house I owned - first went down in a helluva storm - was
>still there twenty-five years later when I paid a visit..
>
Would a splash of UV protected Thompson Water seal help protect them and
maintain the color.
I can always unscrew them a run them back through the planer in a year or two.
I did this with another fence using old planer blades to just remove the grey
and it worked pretty good and took very little time (except the staple removal).
Made the old fence look like new. A few warped boards were a problem but most
were great.
>"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >
>> > I have access to cedar boards full 1"x6" that sat too long and rotted in
>> > the
>> > middle. Run through the planer they have a beautiful lacy look.
>> > I love the way they look and they are still plenty strong on the edges.
>> > But because they have started to rot they absorb water like a sponge.
>> > I would like to use them as a garden fence but I doubt they would last
>> > long.
>> > Is there any reasonably priced UV sealer that might help these boards
>shed
>> > water
>> > instead of sponging it up.
>> > I have used them in the soffit of my garden shed where they remain dry
>and
>> > they
>> > look terrific just oiled.
>>
>> Rot is rot and it will continue. You can coat it, you can make it look
>> pretty, but you won't stop it unless you cut it out. The only question is
>> if the labor is worth the efforts on rotted wood to prolong in a few more
>> months, maybe a couple of years.
>>
>>
>