Re: Redwood
I"ve used redwood for some floorboards, nice looking wood but it was too
soft and easily crushed. Much of what you can buy now has much sapwood
and big growth rings... even when epoxied if it gets dinged it makes big
dents and the epoxy water barrier is ruined. I ended up grinding off
the epoxy and finishing with pine tar and linseed oil and that has
worked OK though I wouldn't use redwood again anyplace that gets a lot
of wear.
Tom K
soft and easily crushed. Much of what you can buy now has much sapwood
and big growth rings... even when epoxied if it gets dinged it makes big
dents and the epoxy water barrier is ruined. I ended up grinding off
the epoxy and finishing with pine tar and linseed oil and that has
worked OK though I wouldn't use redwood again anyplace that gets a lot
of wear.
Tom K
> It doesn't seem to be mentioned here but can Redwood be use in boat
> building. It has reasonable rot resistance, and when properly dried,
> fairly stable. Epoxy coated, it should last the life of a wood
> boat.
>
> I sent this once already as doesn't seem to be posted so I'll try
> again. Hopefully we don't get two.
>
> Jeff Blunck