On 25/05/2020 09:39, fred wrote:

I just replaced the seat and back of an old cast iron garden bench
with some reclaimed solid oak wood. Whoops. The cast iron is
reacting with the tannin in the oak and giving black stain, but it

Yup, had the problem in the past. Outside the blackness will fade a bit
with time.

was such a p.i.t.a. job it can bloody stay that way Also there is a
difference between American Oak and European Oak. The latter is more
weather resistant ISTR

I have often heard similar, although quite often they are both rated as
"Durable" - so there may not be that much practical difference in many
cases. English oak (rather than just "European") tends to perform very
well in wet service applications (boats in particular) or when in
contact with the ground.


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Cheers,

John.

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