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Any recommendations? It's for a pitch pine porch. I'm not after staining or
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Clive George wrote:
Any recommendations? It's for a pitch pine porch. I'm not after staining or
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Shame to put anything on pitch pine as it's inherently pretty weather proof
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Clive George wrote:
Any recommendations? It's for a pitch pine porch. I'm not after staining
or colour.

Shame to put anything on pitch pine as it's inherently pretty weather
proof


It got varnished when it was put up, and looks much better where it is than
where it's come off - gone to that grey colour most wood does in weather.


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Clive George wrote:
Any recommendations? It's for a pitch pine porch. I'm not after staining
or colour.

Shame to put anything on pitch pine as it's inherently pretty weather
proof


It got varnished when it was put up, and looks much better where it is than
where it's come off - gone to that grey colour most wood does in weather.



Being resinous, pitch pine doesn't take finishes well.
I'd be looking at aliphatic polyurethane varnishes. Expensive, and
usually marketed as "yacht varnish", but a world away from the the bog
standard (aromatic) polyurethane.
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