Cedar treatment desperation

Hi My parents had a cedar-wood bungalow that had been treated with many different stains and varnishes over the years. Eventually they stripped it all back to bare wood (hell of a job!) - and used a Sikkens product - which did a great job, and only needed re-doing every 5 years or so.

The hard work is in the stripping back to bare wood!

Adrian

I'd imagine any varnish would have a problem sticking to an oily wood like cedar?

If it's cedar - was there a reason to treat it at all? was it just for colour? Cedar is normally rated for long life untreated.

HI Tim

I couldn't say - it was while ago and my folks aren't around any more to ask them....

Adrian

What Sikkens product? I have some cedar cladding too.

=A0 London SW

Anyone remember creosote an bob a job week,,, we used to slapp that stuff all over everything... I don't rate it much nowadays,, they seem to have pulled its teeth..

I like the idea of an oily based preservative,, to kill off the green algae an rejuvenate the ceder wood.. But my experience with sheds an suchlike does not stretch to Ceder cladding..

I tried a few expensive ones on my reclaimed timber shed and other things but was dissapointed as mostly it seemed to flake off again.. And wood can rot under flakey surface coats,, where a soak-in oily coat is more easily retreated..

How about a silicone treatment.. To soak into the cedar an shuck off the wet.. Anyone tried that,,?

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Sounds a bit ugly.

Hi Gib

All I can remember is that it was a clear preservative, very thin (water-like) that was brushed onto the cedar after the aformentioned scraping, sanding and cursing. ISTR it took two coats, and seemed to soak right into the wood.

It was recommended by the local builders' merchant - wasn't cheap - but was way better than anything else that they'd used, and (sadly) saw them both out.....

Adrian

Thanks Adrian.

Many thanks for all your posts looks like i will have a summer sanding I think I might get away with doing it in stages some areas worse than others Then will just settle for the oil Many thanks again