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Is that you?
yes
solid stall at the end. noice.
What are you using as a sealer?
what type wood I'm looking at
I was thinking just a clear Thimpson's water seal.
Have any better suggestions?
A hardware sealant cloth lacquer perhaps?
Tree wood
The burnt pieces were just whatever soft pallet wood it was.
There's red pieces in there I stole from a cedar fence posted on the page prior.
The lighter wood is some mystery shelving I tore down, could be pine.
I just used what was around, skinned, ripped and/or sanded them all to size.
There's red pieces in there I stole from a cedar fence posted on the page prior.
The lighter wood is some mystery shelving I tore down, could be pine.
I just used what was around, skinned, ripped and/or sanded them all to size.
If I'd have known I was gonna do that I wouldn't have wasted so much time sanding & ripping the others.
That burnt cheap crap just stole the show.
garden-seal?
That's $100!
I was just gonna leave it as is, and when the box starts falling apart in a few years, kinda just let it.
Whadya think?
I do rough cut cedar legit 2 x 12, or Rough cut Redwood 2 X 12 no seal
It's all about what you expect for the longevity. Garden Box Armor is another choice.
no sanding
the cedar and redwood cost money (especially redwood). I think he said the pallets were free, but maybe I'm wrong.
didn't realize it was from a pallet, didn't read that post fully if I read it
Very nice pallet bed
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I drove someone else's car around a remote Alaskan island with a comfortable jim bean buzz stacked with an Alaskan sour diesel one on top of it. Of course in a productive, safe manner.
That old, rotten pos fence was sanded down into those beautiful red cedar planks.
Also the pallets often are weathered quite bad, black spots etc., and sanding makes them look suprisingly good.
However, my point was that had I known I was just gonna torch the pallet, I would've done less sanding, as only the dangered areas of the wood, such as mold & fungal tracing needed removing.
Yes, this whole build was free, other than time.
All parts were on-hand.
I do have a few basic wood helpers, such as stains, mineral spirits & lacqer, and I may use those on another project coming up.
A speakerbox for an HK Onyx bluetooth that had its legs broken off.
I have a feeling that'll be sooner than later.
Right.
These walls are so thin I consider these disposable concept boxes <10 years.
However this month I will be doing some garden boxes/raised beds that may well have sealant. I ripped about a hundred cedar first cuts that will be the exterior walls planks.
That is gonna be a challenging, fun, and more elaborate project.
I also plan a hollowed large branch project that'll be inlayed with LED lights & quartz crystals, a showpiece.
I'm thinking a go-pro is in order.
IMO even treated, the pallet boxes would last less than 5 years. Just an opinion.