jo4hn wrote in message link.net...
patriarch wrote:

(Dan Cullimore) wrote in
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Just salvaged about six 2-3 ft. long pieces of 6x6 redwood. Used as
posts at one time: got a few coats o' paint, a little bit o' rot at
the extremeties, coupla' nails, but otherwise looks like pretty good
heart, and probably old growth too. Very pretty red. Just gotta
figure out how to use it. Any ideas?

Dan



Gee, Dan. We just paid some guy to haul off the 200' ft of redwood fence
we had replaced. Wish I'd known you were looking! ;-)

Of course, it was 28 years old, and most of the posts didn't need pulling,
so much as a gentle leaning on them....

Patriarch

Aaaaarrrrggh! Would have loved to lay hands on the fencing or any other
redwood. It cleans up beautifully. I use it in making outdoorsy style
furnitu benches, tables, barbeque caddy (soon). Finish with BLO and
a few coats of poly for protection. Nice stuff.
mahalo,
jo4hn

I agree with you Jo4hn. I salvaged a number of redwood 2x4s from a
repair job to my mother's deck. These were various railing and upright
pieces. After planing off that awful "redwood stain" paint and cutting
off the rot on the exposed ends I have some beautiful wood. I have
resawn and made some boxes (that won't see hard use since this is soft
wood) that are beautiful. I find that shellac looks good as does
danish oil. Nice wood - I have never understood painting it with that
"stain". I haven't yet been able to bring myself to use it for
utilitarian outdoor furniture

Dave Hall