Andrew Barss wrote:

Mark & Juanita wrote:
: Andrew Barss wrote:

: notbob wrote:
: : Is it any good, or just hype.
:
: It's about the worst stuff on the market. A waste of money and time.
:
:
: -- Andy Barss

: Have you had direct experience with it Andy?

A bit, and I was so surprised at the result I then did some checking and
found the few-month experience was not uncommon. In the Northeast
20 years ago, it was, as far as I know, the only stuff around, which is
why I bought it when I came here.


I suspect that the Arizona
: sun would beat the heck out of an inferior product. Do you have any
: recommendations that do stand up fairly well out here?

I have a small amount of exposed wood on our guesthouse, and will be
trying Cabot's products when it cools off (and when I get the ithen
remodel done, which is gonna be a while -- found a disconnected air duct
in the attic, which explains the huge electrical bills!).

Ouch!

I'll let you
know how it works out. One project for the winter is a screened-in
outside porch/sitting area/pagoda, and I want to find a decent
wood protectant before doing that. I was actually planning to ask you for
a reccomendation!


I really don't have much with exposed wood. The shop is composite siding.
If you are looking for paint, the Dunn Edwards paint we used looks like a
winner, but it's only been two summers since it was put on.


I did have a strangely terrific experience with spar varnish. I did
two exterior doors, one facing west (behind a security door), and one
facing south, in direct sun, in around 1996. Until 2 years ago, they
looked absolutely perfect. The screened westward one still looks great,
but the south one is peeling and so forth. But 10-11 years in bright sun
is pretty good!

Thanks -- that's helpful, I've got some doors that need to be re-finished.
The kid was supposed to scrape them this summer; I think he got 1/2 way
done with one of them, so will work that when it cools off. If we don't
paint them, will look at using spar.



-- Andy BArss

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