I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it Linseed oil or
something else?

On 11/06/2011 14:08, MartinB wrote:
I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it Linseed oil or
something else?

Hi
My parents had a cedar-wood bungalow that had been treated with many
different stains and varnishes over the years.
Eventually they stripped it all back to bare wood (hell of a job!) -
and used a Sikkens product - which did a great job, and only needed
re-doing every 5 years or so.

The hard work is in the stripping back to bare wood!

Adrian

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MartinB wrote:
I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it Linseed oil or
something else?

I'd imagine any varnish would have a problem sticking to an oily wood like
cedar?

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*If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

Dave Plowman London SW
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Adrian Brentnall wrote:

On 11/06/2011 14:08, MartinB wrote:
I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it Linseed oil or
something else?

Hi
My parents had a cedar-wood bungalow that had been treated with many
different stains and varnishes over the years.
Eventually they stripped it all back to bare wood (hell of a job!) -
and used a Sikkens product - which did a great job, and only needed
re-doing every 5 years or so.

The hard work is in the stripping back to bare wood!

Adrian

If it's cedar - was there a reason to treat it at all? was it just for
colour? Cedar is normally rated for long life untreated.

--
Tim Watts

On 11/06/2011 22:16, Tim Watts wrote:
Adrian Brentnall wrote:

On 11/06/2011 14:08, MartinB wrote:
I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it Linseed oil or
something else?

Hi
My parents had a cedar-wood bungalow that had been treated with many
different stains and varnishes over the years.
Eventually they stripped it all back to bare wood (hell of a job!) -
and used a Sikkens product - which did a great job, and only needed
re-doing every 5 years or so.

The hard work is in the stripping back to bare wood!

Adrian

If it's cedar - was there a reason to treat it at all? was it just for
colour? Cedar is normally rated for long life untreated.

HI Tim

I couldn't say - it was while ago and my folks aren't around any more to
ask them....

Adrian

On 6/12/2011 3:44 AM, Adrian Brentnall wrote:
On 11/06/2011 14:08, MartinB wrote:
I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it Linseed oil or
something else?

Hi
My parents had a cedar-wood bungalow that had been treated with many
different stains and varnishes over the years.
Eventually they stripped it all back to bare wood (hell of a job!) -
and used a Sikkens product - which did a great job, and only needed
re-doing every 5 years or so.

What Sikkens product? I have some cedar cladding too.

On Jun 11, 6:02*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
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* *MartinB wrote:

I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it *Linseed oil or
something else?

I'd imagine any varnish would have a problem sticking to an oily wood like
cedar?

--
*If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

* * Dave Plowman * * * * * * * * London SW
* * * * * * * * * To e-mail, change noise into sound.



Anyone remember creosote an bob a job week,,, we used to slapp that
stuff all over
everything... I don't rate it much nowadays,, they seem to have pulled
its teeth..

I like the idea of an oily based preservative,, to kill off the green
algae
an rejuvenate the ceder wood..
But my experience with sheds an suchlike does not stretch to Ceder
cladding..

I tried a few expensive ones on my reclaimed timber shed and other
things
but was dissapointed as mostly it seemed to flake off again..
And wood can rot under flakey surface coats,, where a soak-in oily
coat is more
easily retreated..

How about a silicone treatment..
To soak into the cedar an shuck off the wet..
Anyone tried that,,?


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On 6/12/2011 2:18 PM, Rupert Bear wrote:

How about a silicone treatment..
To soak into the cedar an shuck off the wet..
Anyone tried that,,?

Sounds a bit ugly.

On 12/06/2011 01:17, Gib Bogle wrote:
On 6/12/2011 3:44 AM, Adrian Brentnall wrote:
On 11/06/2011 14:08, MartinB wrote:
I have cedar cladding on part of my house It has previously been
treated with ronseal products and varnish which have in places flaked
off what can I do with it now Should I try to strip it back to bare
wood and start again if so just using a sander or something a bit more
stronger After that should I just use oil on it Linseed oil or
something else?

Hi
My parents had a cedar-wood bungalow that had been treated with many
different stains and varnishes over the years.
Eventually they stripped it all back to bare wood (hell of a job!) -
and used a Sikkens product - which did a great job, and only needed
re-doing every 5 years or so.

What Sikkens product? I have some cedar cladding too.

Hi Gib

All I can remember is that it was a clear preservative, very thin
(water-like) that was brushed onto the cedar after the aformentioned
scraping, sanding and cursing. ISTR it took two coats, and seemed to
soak right into the wood.

It was recommended by the local builders' merchant - wasn't cheap -
but was way better than anything else that they'd used, and (sadly)
saw them both out.....

Adrian

On 6/12/2011 7:32 PM, Adrian Brentnall wrote:

What Sikkens product? I have some cedar cladding too.

Hi Gib

All I can remember is that it was a clear preservative, very thin
(water-like) that was brushed onto the cedar after the aformentioned
scraping, sanding and cursing. ISTR it took two coats, and seemed to
soak right into the wood.

It was recommended by the local builders' merchant - wasn't cheap -
but was way better than anything else that they'd used, and (sadly)
saw them both out.....

Adrian

Thanks Adrian.