Can someone help me !!!??
I am wondering about chairs for outside, What types of wood can I use? Do you know if aeromatic cedar works well outside?
thank you KIrk
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hello Kirk,
Douglas here,
you have a bunch of choices. Each has there pros and cons
Teak, the best, very exspensive,
spanish cedar, not aromatic cedar, very soft,
Redwood, soft and hard to find
White oak, very good, splinters a little bit,
Jatoba, and ipe, very good, very hard, almost too hard,
green heart, very good,
mahogany, s. American or African, very good.
Good luck. How much, and what sizes do you need? I have alot of these woods in stock.
Douglas here,
you have a bunch of choices. Each has there pros and cons
Teak, the best, very exspensive,
spanish cedar, not aromatic cedar, very soft,
Redwood, soft and hard to find
White oak, very good, splinters a little bit,
Jatoba, and ipe, very good, very hard, almost too hard,
green heart, very good,
mahogany, s. American or African, very good.
Good luck. How much, and what sizes do you need? I have alot of these woods in stock.
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Hello Mr. T, I hope all is well.
Last week Jackie and I received the artfull home cat. and Jackie picked out your bench as some thing she liked, then we noticed it was you.
I am looking to make one adirondak chair with ottoman and side table.
There is a new guy at work who just started making these chairs to sell, he is making them out of aeromatic cedar ( iwas not sure how good that is for outdoors)
But I thought that I would use his patterns to make a chair for myself, that was when I started to wonder what type of wood to use.
A long time ago I made a few chairs out of white oak, I though they were great but heavy!!
I borrowed a chair from the guy at work to take home to see if I like it in my backyard, and I do. I even like the color of the aeromatic cedar. I did not think I would have liked it.
Doug do all the woods go grey? Is it possible to keep a certain type of wood close to its original color?
Thanks,
Kirk
Last week Jackie and I received the artfull home cat. and Jackie picked out your bench as some thing she liked, then we noticed it was you.
I am looking to make one adirondak chair with ottoman and side table.
There is a new guy at work who just started making these chairs to sell, he is making them out of aeromatic cedar ( iwas not sure how good that is for outdoors)
But I thought that I would use his patterns to make a chair for myself, that was when I started to wonder what type of wood to use.
A long time ago I made a few chairs out of white oak, I though they were great but heavy!!
I borrowed a chair from the guy at work to take home to see if I like it in my backyard, and I do. I even like the color of the aeromatic cedar. I did not think I would have liked it.
Doug do all the woods go grey? Is it possible to keep a certain type of wood close to its original color?
Thanks,
Kirk
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One thing I am trying to do is not make a project out of this, That is one reason I am not thinking white oak. It will cost a good penny, require proper woodworking techniques etc.
If I use a soft wood I can bang the bitch out in an afternoon !!
Also what is a fast and easy way to finish the wood.
This guy at work is not using anything at the moment.
If I use a soft wood I can bang the bitch out in an afternoon !!
Also what is a fast and easy way to finish the wood.
This guy at work is not using anything at the moment.
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kirk -
we miss you and your i don't wanna do woodwork attitude up here!
(pete told me about the double sticked tape table at RIT...)
ok - all the stuff doug said, plus:
pretty much any type of cedar except aromatic is ok outside - alaskan, western red, spanish, etc.
you can also use douglas fir (douglas, i'm surprised you missed that one!)
it's going to grey. if you really want to try to fight it, DON'T use some heavy spar varnish or you'll be stripping and refinishing every year like a boat. use something that you wouldn't think would work, like just boiled linseed oil, or even better, hot (as in heated up in a double boiler type contraption) raw linseed. then you can just give it a good scuff and add a coat whenever it starts to look a bit weathered.
we miss you and your i don't wanna do woodwork attitude up here!
(pete told me about the double sticked tape table at RIT...)
ok - all the stuff doug said, plus:
pretty much any type of cedar except aromatic is ok outside - alaskan, western red, spanish, etc.
you can also use douglas fir (douglas, i'm surprised you missed that one!)
it's going to grey. if you really want to try to fight it, DON'T use some heavy spar varnish or you'll be stripping and refinishing every year like a boat. use something that you wouldn't think would work, like just boiled linseed oil, or even better, hot (as in heated up in a double boiler type contraption) raw linseed. then you can just give it a good scuff and add a coat whenever it starts to look a bit weathered.
Forget pressure treat. Although it doesn't rot, it doesn't hold up well. In a couple of years you would be picking splinters out of your butt every time you sat on the chairs.
For cheap easy to work outdoor wood I would use the standard cedar available at home cheapo. It will be easy to work, not expensive, and light to move around.
Pete
For cheap easy to work outdoor wood I would use the standard cedar available at home cheapo. It will be easy to work, not expensive, and light to move around.
Pete
