On Jul 27, 5:01 am, Steve Ackman
wrote:

for about a year in the FL sun and rain, so the following
year I heated a gallon on the Coleman stove outside
and dissolved a couple lbs. of paraffin into it. That
did the trick. I sprayed it on using one of those garden
pressurized sprayers with the air pump handle. The thin
oil (whatever it is) soaks into the wood and carries the
paraffin with it.


I use a similar approach. Mix Varsol and double boiled linseed oil.
Usually about half and half.

The idea of the Varsol is to thin out the linseed oil so that it
penetrates the wood.

You can use just about anything that can be disolved in Varsol and
will act as a barrier
to protect the wood from moisture and heat.

DOC

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