preservative question

larry@stinescorner · Sep 6, 2014

Awhile ago i Asked some quetions about metal ,I was figuring out what to do to remodel our tool shed,My wife decided she liked the board and batton look,so I Said Ill give it a try. The wood is green white pine.We wood like to spray A Clear wood prservative on it ,no color,just natural,but when should I Do it?I dont want the wood to turn colors if possible

Liquid_wrench · Sep 6, 2014

As a rule..wait one year to let the green wood weather.
Keith

JD Seller · Sep 6, 2014

Larry we always let natural barn siding cure/dry for a season before treating it with anything. Especially this late in the year the wood will be too green/wet to really treat with anything.

If you really want to treat it before winter I would think linseed oil would be pretty good. Any type of coating that sealed would not work well with the wood still green.

All we used to do on wooden sided livestock buildings was let them cure a year and then "painted" them with oil and K-1 mixed 50/50. We would touch them up every now and then. I know some of the wood under the steel siding on the farm is over 50 years old. Paint actually seemed to make the siding not last as long unless you kept it up.

Larry your building looks great. Just one hint/subjection. Install a metal drip seal/trim above the swinging doors. If you do not then wind blown rain will come down the inside of the doors from the top. It just is an "L" shaped piece slid under the siding above the door. It makes the rain come out and down rather than straight down. It will not get on the back side of the door so easy.

RickieBlue · Sep 6, 2014

I used canola oil from the grocery store after a suggestion from a friend.............seems to be holding up well after 2 years...here is a pic when it was first done...

ss55 · Sep 7, 2014

If you use a transparent preservative or a semi-transparent stain, plan to repaint every one to two years. Solid stains and paint last much longer.

tomturkey · Sep 7, 2014

I've read all the comments and waiting until weathercured/dried sounds good. But that siding is open to the air on the inside. If you seal the outside, would'nt the wood still dry out anyway and you'd have some protection on the wood outside. Just thinking to help you move along on your project and get it checked off your wifes list of things WE need to do. lol gobble

Brad Buchanan · Sep 7, 2014

Hey Larry.

I did the outside of my shop with white pine
Adirondack siding and sprayed it with Thompsons water
seal while it was fairly green.

It turned grey but shows no rot after 20 years.

I can post a pic if you would like.

Brad

sms · Sep 8, 2014

I can tell you what we used to use that worked very
well but don"t think you can get it anymore. We used
to mix IIRC one gallon creosote, two gallons fuel
oil, three gallons 10 weight motor oil and spray it
on with an indian tank(pressure sprayer) gave it a
little golden color and nothing would go near it for
years, wasps wouldn"t even build a nest on it. We
used to put plastic down to catch any that ran off
and reused it. Maybe something could be substituted
for the creosote.

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