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22/10/2013 5:29 am
We live in Vancouver, British Columbia. We have hired a contractor to build a cedar fence with board on board construction. We have about 400 boards (red cedar, rough) that we want to stain before assembly because of the overlap construction method. Although the wood is kiln dried it got pretty wet and was delivered with upwards of 20% moisture content. We have now managed to get most to the <18%.
Based on your reviews we originally planned to use Woodrich TimberOil but they don't seem to be in business or responsive. Locally available is Messmers UV Plus or Messmers Timberflex. We could also order Defy Extreme or Armstrong Clark.
Our questions are:
1) Do we try and stain this late in the fall with temps of 45-55°F or wait til Spring? Would prefer to stain wood directly if possible.
2) Which of the Messmers products would you recommend? Or should we try and get the Defy Extreme or Armstrong Clark.
Thanks for the great site!
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26/10/2013 6:33 am
Thanks for the advice. It seems pretty rough to me. I've ordered AC and plan to apply with garden sprayer.
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26/10/2013 7:56 pm
Will try to add some when done. One thing I may have messed up on is that I ordered transparent natural instead of the cedar but it had shipped before I realized my mistake. Time will tell.
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28/05/2014 7:23 pm
Here are some final pictures of our fence. The project got delayed to the spring because the wood arrived wet and I couldn't dry it in time to stain it before winter.
Everyone advised I stain after construction but I'm glad I did it before. I used hand held garden sprayer and backbrush.
I'm not thrilled by the treated rails on the one side. I expected them to be more discreet.
Any idea what stain I should use on the treated wookd? Does it look like it's had enough time to dry out since pressure treatment? As I said above the cedar is stained with Armstrong Clark natural.
Thanks for all your help with the stain decisions thus far!
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01/06/2014 6:16 am
I'm almost out of Armstrong Clark stain so I would have to order some more. But I could try the natural on the treated wood. I just figured another type of stain would be more suited to the treated wood.
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01/06/2014 9:00 pm
Do you recommend an Armstrong Clark stain for treated wood? I realize it will be hard to make the stained cedar and treated wood look similar.
