Okay, well the tub isn't actually wood but I am planning to make the
vertical surfaces of my tub surround wood. Does anyone have any
suggestions regarding wood type and especially finish. I'm thinking an
application used in the boating industry would work well.

2b

Ipe,mahogany,white oak,cedar,redwood and even that new
PVC wood would work.


2b wrote:

Okay, well the tub isn't actually wood but I am planning to make the
vertical surfaces of my tub surround wood. Does anyone have any
suggestions regarding wood type and especially finish. I'm thinking an
application used in the boating industry would work well.

2b

Pat Barber wrote:
Ipe,mahogany,white oak,cedar,redwood and even that new
PVC wood would work.


2b wrote:

Okay, well the tub isn't actually wood but I am planning to make the
vertical surfaces of my tub surround wood. Does anyone have any
suggestions regarding wood type and especially finish. I'm thinking an
application used in the boating industry would work well.

2b

Is that plantation grown PVC or certified old growth?
Joe

That's "old growth" milk jugs it was made from. The new
plastic wood might even have the distinction of actually
costing more than the real thing due to oil thing.

Even the "Norm" has done a little dabbling in the new
pvc wood of late. Recent show on storage shed showed a
fair amount of pvc showing up.



Joe Gorman wrote:


Is that plantation grown PVC or certified old growth?
Joe

Pat Barber wrote:

Ipe,mahogany,white oak,cedar,redwood and even that new
PVC wood would work.


Don't forget cypress and/or teak.

--
It's turtles, all the way down

I would suggest that boating industry is the wrong place to look. If you
want a beautiful varnished surface be prepared to revarnish every year.
Boat = Bucks. On the other hand if you like to varnish like I do, by all
means, go for a teak or mahogany tub surround but you have been forwarned.
Annual maintenance is required, miss a year and you will be sorry.
Dave

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2b wrote:
Okay, well the tub isn't actually wood but I am planning to make the
vertical surfaces of my tub surround wood. Does anyone have any
suggestions regarding wood type and especially finish. I'm thinking an
application used in the boating industry would work well.


Petrified.

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Petrified.

Calm down.. things are not as scary as they sometimes appear.

pe wrote:
On 26 Apr 2006 08:55:38 -0700, "2b" wrote:

Okay, well the tub isn't actually wood but I am planning to make the
vertical surfaces of my tub surround wood. Does anyone have any
suggestions regarding wood type and especially finish. I'm thinking an
application used in the boating industry would work well.

My grandmother lives next to a Japanese man who has a genuine wood tub from
Japan. He has been using it almost daily, even in the snow for as long as she
has lived there 22 years.

I gather that either he bathes outdoors or he has an open
roof over his bathroom.

I asked once and he told me it was teak and Japanese
pine but it looks very dark almost black.

Hmm, does he ever wash out the tub...

--

FF

pe wrote:
...

His house and yard are immaculate so I suspect he gives the tub the care it
requires. I've not seen the inside of the tub because it has a lid.

Linseed oil would turn it black after a while. ISTR that in Asia
wooden
toilet seats were often finished with a black lacquer--wonder if that
lacquer is water-resistant.

--

FF