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Re: cedar wood treatments?

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Jonathan Maier said:

>Awhile back somebody mentioned using cedar boards to go around their
>garden blocks. The more I think about it, the more I am intruiged by the
>idea...Assuming I can find some cedar boards, does anyone know what I
>should treat them with? Leave them plane? Coat with polyurethane?
>Something else? Any advice is appreciated!

Hi, Jonathan, my husband used a 50/50 mixture of linseed oil and mineral 
spirits to coat our cedar boards (several coats). It worked great, and 
they're still looking nice after five months or so. Hubby also coated our 
wood trellises with the mixture, and they are holding up well, too.

I'm sure that after several years they won't be looking brand new, but 
that's to be expected with wood outdoors, no matter what you put on it. I 
do think hubby has plans to put another coat on ours occasionally.

You can see our square-foot beds at:

http://www.dimensional.com/~janf/garden/gardens.html

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