On Aug 1, 9:25 am, samson wrote:
I just made some Adirondack chairs from the scraps
of a refurbished cedar deck. The wood looks great
after I ran it across the jointer. My question: should
I let it go gray again with the weather, or should I
put something on it (and if so, what?) to keep the
reddish color?

Thanks,

S.

Never would I put varnish or any other film-forming finish on anything
going outdoors. When the sun destroys the finish (and it will) the
result is a flaking mess. I'd use a penetrating oil finish that you
can just renew instead of having to sand off the old finish to put the
new one on. Most cedars will form splinters if you just let it
weather.

DonkeyHody
"There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right
things."