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23/08/2012 5:17 am
Great site! Found a lot of info I wanted since I knew most my big box store finishing options were sketchy at best(and verified by the reviews and stories here).
So I have a large ladder made of ash that should see a fair amount of use once it's up. Currently leaning towards ordering a gallon of TWP 1500. Any reason to go a different route for the ash? It does have really porous grain, so it crossed my mind that perhaps a film-forming type finish sealing that up wouldn't be a bad thing. I really don't want the possibility of peeling in the future though.
Also, if the 1500 is the way to go, we want to keep the wood as light as possible to contrast the house. Is the "natural" finish going to be the lightest? Hard to trust the thumbnail photos.
and to throw a stick in the spokes one retailer's listing says "clear" which I can't even find listed on the twp site.
Thanks for any tips!
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23/08/2012 11:24 pm
Thanks, tinted finish it is. Other brands "honeytone" I've seen in person has seemed more yellow than desired, but interesting that it is the lightest overall. Pecan also has my attention for this anti-yellow reason. Splitting hairs now, so I'll probably just flip a coin between natural and pecan.
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30/08/2012 6:31 am
I removed links from first post. I ended up ordering "natural" from here, http://www.twp-stain.com/twp-1500-stains.html, because they had the best shipping rate I could find for a single can. They never did email the tracking number as stated, but it showed up the day I started to wonder why I hadn't gotten the tracking number yet 😛
Did a quick test on an end scrap. Bad cell phone pic, but gives a decent idea. I think it is ever so slightly more golden than it appears in the pic, but it just depends on the lighting. Looks good, so now I'm just waiting a bit for the wood to season.
