Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Sealing oak front door stoop
"TN" wrote in message
... Our front door has an oak front stoop that I have tried every possible wood stain and polyurethane sealer on the market. No matter what I use it starts cracking very spring and I have to sand it down and do it all over again. Does anyone have a product that can stain and seal oak so this is more durable? Sealer and stain affect only the outer millimeter or two of the timber. It cracks because winter dryness and summer humidity penetrate throughout its thickness. If you want to use a timber threshhold this will recur unless you find some way of impregnating the timber with a resin (that solidifies in place, as formerly used for impregnated bamboo fishing rods. Or you could choose a threshhold timber with a high natural insensitivity to changing humidity, e.g. bamboo.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Sealing oak front door stoop | Home Repair | |||
Sealing oak front door stoop | Home Repair | |||
Rebuilding Front Stoop With Pavers | Home Repair | |||
Repair front stoop | Home Repair | |||
window and door sealing DIY | Home Repair |