double kant the top of the horizontals 7°ish along both long lengths and ends.. (hip roof like the rail)

nice work Dan..

 

Have you used the excel before and where did you get it?

 

Charles; the price sticker is still on it...and it has that date but everything else on the sticker is illegible. I have a feeling it was either from General Paint or Kerrisdale Lumber(?)...maybe.
Stick; great idea! Where were you when I was rebuilding the railing?

Did you notice the stair treads (horizontal surfaces)? D. Fir; I left them raw. I wash them down with bleach twice a year and that's pretty much it...they must be 12 yrs old now.

 

Charles; the price sticker is still on it...and it has that date but everything else on the sticker is illegible. I have a feeling it was either from General Paint or Kerrisdale Lumber(?)...maybe.

Stick; great idea! Where were you when I was rebuilding the railing?

Did you notice the stair treads (horizontal surfaces)? D. Fir; I left them raw. I wash them down with bleach twice a year and that's pretty much it...they must be 12 yrs old now.

you didn't ask...
easiest way to add that kant is to use an electric plane in place...
also when you add the Kant it makes the edge of the 6/4 - 5/4 and handrail code compliant..
adding a drip lip to the bottom rim is to your benefit too,,,

 

Charles; this sounds very similar:
Multi-Purpose Primer ? Liquid Rubber Online Store
...but currently available.

This might be worth trying as well. Maybe query the mfg,. for a start? I didn't see any mention of wood applications in their writeup.
http://durabond.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/LiquidAdditive.pdf

 

Thanks Dan I'll have to look into those. This is what I'm needing to protect. This was a lodgepole pine growing on my place that had been badly damaged (probably hit by another tree) and managed to survive it. It didn't survive a mountain pine beetle attack later though which presented an architectural opportunity for me. Obviously this is a one of a kind and I want to keep it in good shape for as long as possible and solid color stain hasn't been doing as well as I had hoped.

 

Looks good Dan and I hope it works. I'd like to find something to paint a wooden table top
my wife bought for the back porch where rain is blown on. The top is just brought out for family
gatherings so the rest of the time there is no table to use. I haven't looked for a solution (material)
to use yet so your post has my interest.

Bryan

 

... I'd like to find something to paint a wooden table top my wife bought for the back porch where rain is blown on. Bryan

@bryansong I wonder if Behr DeckOver would be a good choice? Anyone use it?

Behr DECKOVER Roll-On Coatings for Smooth and Textured Surfaces | Behr

 

Bryan; the one thing I have noticed, from sealing my S.in L's. back porch railing last summer, was that the acrylic held up to the weather very well...however the UV did take a lot of the colour out of the wood ie it 'greyed'.
In other words, it's not UV inhibited.

 

That's a great point Dan. The top is a dark brown stain and while the porch is on the North side it still gets plenty of sun. I need to be thinking about more than it just getting wet.
Thanks for bringing that up.

 

"...solid color stain hasn't been doing as well as I had hoped."
-Charles
I hear that!

 

A while back, when I first mentioned 'Sharkskin', I recounted my conversation with the sales person at the paint store. The can said 10 years (if I recall?) and the clerk said plan on recoating in three.
SharkSkin Deck & Siding Stain

 

Charles; I see that Home Hardware carries an oil based solid colour stain...
https://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/...Stain/_/N-2pqfZ67l/Ne-67n/No-24/Ntk-All_EN/R-I1866872?Ntt=Woodshield+Best&Num=0

 

That is oil based on it. If that rubber membrane works like a deck coating I'm thinking that if I coat the upper 5/8 or 3/4 of the horizontal surfaces and just re stain the rest that might keep water out and let any moisture in the wood still migrate out. Maybe I can do 100% of the vertical surfaces since moisture can migrate down and out.

 

...or put a golf umbrella over it(?).

 

Know all those old canoes and ships that last long and kept going, with maintenance? Bet they didn't use Behr.

I'm (off and on) experimenting with old pine pitch finishes. Soaked a couple things with a mix of pine tar, turpentine and linseed oil. The seem to care less about the elements than many things and hosing them off doesn't seem to offend them either.

Worth looking into, for some projects.

 

What sort of finish does it give Kelly and does it harden and not be sticky after?

 

It penetrates significantly on dry wood. After a couple days, it's hard and seems pretty water resistant. It seems to build too, so spots of my wife's potting bench are taking on a satin finish.

I'm guessing the boiled linseed oil is the builder, but the resin may take it, somewhat, into a poly type finish, since they rely on BLO, thinner and resin.