Anyone work with this before. Good for outdoors?
5/4″x6″x8′ Alaskan Yellow Cedar. Weathered. Once stained, it looks BEAUTIFUL !!! Qty: 177 pcs $1 ea
Thanks
Kevin
Anyone work with this before. Good for outdoors?
5/4″x6″x8′ Alaskan Yellow Cedar. Weathered. Once stained, it looks BEAUTIFUL !!! Qty: 177 pcs $1 ea
Thanks
Kevin
The most common way to make your own parging mix is to use either Type S mortar for block or Type N for brick and add a concrete bonding additive.
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Yellow cedar is one of my all time favourite woods. It weathers grey, withstands the weather better than any other wood on the coast around here. I've seen it last for over 25 years on decks that were neglected, just let it breathe. It's not known for it's figure but it can be a joy to work with.
Wow. A buck for an 8-footer? If it isn't trashed, I'd buy the lot. Great stuff. Check out Bear Creek lumber for more info and pics:
http://www.bearcreeklumber.com/SPECIES/ycedar.html
We don't see much of it here in the East. I used some on a deck & pergola a couple years ago, 5/4 x 6 mixed lengths and clear as a bell. It has a sweet smell and almost a waxy character. Looks a lot like ordinary spruce. I like it, wish I could find more on a regular basis.
I haven't been back to that job. The owner used Sikkens Cetol. I wonder how it has held up. I put a couple scraps on some folding saw horses that stay out in the weather. They have turned a nice light gray and no signs of checking or cupping. Even the ends which are often in ground contact when stored don't show absorption and staining the way most lumber does.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Great wood. Stinks when cut, though, IMHO.
I used facenails to put down a deck of this done in 2x6 t&g, and found it necessary to predrill. The stuff is a lot harder than WRC and white pine.
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Edited 10/23/2009 9:15 am ET by Gene_Davis
Buy it.
Your only regret will be that there wasn't more to buy.
Besides being a fine wood for any outdoor application, Alaskan yellow cedar can lay claim to a fascinating and noble history in its uses by the coastal Indian tribes of Alaska and B.C who used it for everything from their magnificent block houses and totem poles to 60-ft one-log canoes and even cloaks, mats, ropes, and baby diapers.
Check out Hillary Stewart's book, Cedar, for more. Like photos of giant trees still living, but missing great notches in their trunks where the Indians split out straight-grained cedar planks that were 5 feet wide.
I used the 5/4x6 clear for a picnic table and it looks good it has been weathered now for about 3 years with no stain. I used the 2x6 to replace deck boards on the current deck on my house again with no stain. I did this only because they had no 5/4 by 6 clear at the time I installed. Nice and smooth except for areas around some of the knots that have raised a little.
I also used the AYC for a swing set. We got the 4 by 4 TSK (tight solid knots) and the 2 by 6. All have been left with out finish and have weathered to a shinny gray by remain sound.
I agree that it sticks when you cut it and if you want to stain it or finish it in anyway you should get advice form those who supply the wood and those who supply the finish. I have been told that it may look "blotchy" if not done correctly.
KaiserRoo