I’m building a porch swing with white oak. I am thinking of sealing the end grain with 2 part epoxy. I need to know what would be a good exterior finish for it. This is my first outdoor project and it will be exposed to the elements all summer.
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How shaded is it on the porch? Does it get more than a couple of hours of direct sun in morning or evening?
The only thing I have found effective for yard furniture is an opaque stain or a solid color stain, it will need redoing every 5-7 years but it does not peel like paint or spar varnish. I have several chairs I made 15 years ago out of cypress and stained them with a solid stain and have done it once since then. Todate no peeling or rot. I also have a cypress table which I stained with and opaque stain and it has stood up a well with no repainting as yet.
I refinished a granddaughter's play set three years ago. The factory finish didn't last a year. My daughter's deck was "professionally" stained with an opaque stain the same year and is failing already. The swingset is going strong. I used One-Time that is a 100% solids, UV-cured, non-film-forming finish. I've been happy with it and my son-in-law wants to strip the deck and apply it there now.
Unfortunately, it only seems to come in gallons that will do quite a few porch swings.
http://doitbest.com/Wood+stain+and+finish-One+Time-model-00300-doitbest-sku-773149.dib
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