Australopithecus scobis wrote:

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 23:33:39 -0400, wayner wrote:

Has anybody heard of using mahogony in a outside situation as a hand rail
????(exposed to the weather) and if you can use it, what would you use to
protect it from the weather, i.e stain, oil?

Much of the British Royal Navy was once built of Cuban Mahogany. That's
about as exposed to the weather as one can get.

smartass
Protect it with a couple dozen 24-pounders.
/smartass


What a waste of Cuban Mahogany!!!

But to answer the original question, mahogany is one of those wonderful
exterior woods that needs very little in the way of protection. Watco
exterior oil would be about all you would need.

Deb