Treating Red Oak for outside use
#1
08-23-14, 07:06 AM
Treating Red Oak for outside use
Hi all, what would be a good product to treat a Red Oak bench for outside use?I was considering Tung oil.
Geo
Geo
#2
08-23-14, 08:02 AM
I don't know how well rubbing oils fare outside 
You could use a spar poly/varnish although most anything you use will have a shorter life due to the exposure to the elements, so expect to recoat as needed, maybe every year.
You could use a spar poly/varnish although most anything you use will have a shorter life due to the exposure to the elements, so expect to recoat as needed, maybe every year.
#3
08-23-14, 09:36 AM
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Spar urethane would be my choice but, as Mark said, be prepared to reapply on a regular basis.
#6
08-24-14, 07:05 AM
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I'm with chandler on this one.
Never going to work.
Red oak is the worst in the oak family when it comes to moisture.
Take a piece of it and put one end in a bucket of water, then blow on the other end.
You'd see bubbles because the veins or whatever they call then in a tree are so course.
Ever once seen outside furniture, a boat trimmed in oak, outside house trim in red oak?
There's a reason for that.
Never going to work.
Red oak is the worst in the oak family when it comes to moisture.
Take a piece of it and put one end in a bucket of water, then blow on the other end.
You'd see bubbles because the veins or whatever they call then in a tree are so course.
Ever once seen outside furniture, a boat trimmed in oak, outside house trim in red oak?
There's a reason for that.
