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Re: how to use planter bench
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Originally Posted by raygrogan
Another thought, just one option to ponder long before you jump on it.
Wood rotting is funny business, there are times to keep it dry, times to keep it 100% wet (on a wooden boat it is the water line, the inbetween air and water, that rots), time to let it dry out vs sealing the water inside, etc. And ice and all its effects.
If you are thinking more about letting it dry out inbetween wets, and you don't mind kinda funky colors, here is the option:
Woodlast ( Allied Building Products: Cements & Coatings - ATCO 1423 WOODLAST 2C ) |
The difference is, that a wood preservative like the one you suggested prevents the wood from
decomposing, when getting wet.
Varathane prevents the wood from getting wet. I have used it on many things: An antique dining room
table in the 1980s which we have use daily since then, and which does not yet have a scratch. I used 5
coats for that one, because I gave it a hand-rub finish, which gives fine old furniture that particular sheen
and on the shades of the lanterns in our gazebo. There I gave it only 3 coats. They were out in the
wind and rain for 5 years, before I had to replace them, because mildew had settled around the edges near
the frames. The “shades” were simple parchment paper on which I had photocopied weeds after
spray-painting them black.
I also used 3 coats of Varathane for the catch trays for planters described here: Water Catcher for Large Pots.
Of course I use wood preservatives on my deck and on the wood work of the gazebo in the above pictures,
but for the inside of the containers of the bench I would prefer Varathane.
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