I made an Adirondack chair from WRC. It looks ok. SWMBO thinks it looks
good too.
Stuck it out on the deck and admired it for a while, then my mind moved
on to other things. But SWMBO brought my mind back to it. "What are you
going to finish it with?"
"Uhm, I like the weathered look that cedar gets after a year or so," was
my reply.
"After all that time and effort, not to mention the materials cost,
you're going to let it WEATHER?!?"
Sigh.
This is the same woman that sends me out to falling down barns to
specifically rip off weathered barn board for her projects. If I come
back with wood that isn't weathered, it goes into the fire.
I"m not a guy who attaches great significance to maintenance projects.
AAMOF, I'd be more than happy to have Astro turf for my lawn so I didn't
have to cut it. Gazing into the future brings me more chairs on the deck
that all need to be finished, if I want to keep the butter on the right
side of my bread.
So I'm stuck. Let the chair weather and then have to weather another
storm, or keep her happy and finish it.
Spar seems to be the thing that most of you recommend. I'm thinking if I
can get 3 years out of spar, I may be ok. And I'm probably dreamin in
technicolor too.
Any other suggestions?
Thx
Tanus
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