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I am redoing alot of windows on an old building. The owners like the look of the wood on the interior of the windows and would like to protect it. The windows are pine and are about 80 years old. The wood is very dry. Is there a finish that can be applied that will help moisterize the wood with out yellowing it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Chris,
I'm confused by your term "very dry". What do you mean? The moisture content of wood varies with the seasons. It doesn't "dry out" in a bad way. It justs follows the moisture in the environment. If the wood is properly finished, then there is absolutely nothing you need to do. It will stay that way for a long time.
On the other hand, we just finished renovating 40 sashes in our house (1928) because they had been painted and we wanted to restore the look of the wood. They too were a softwood (though they may have been Fir, but I'm not sure what windows were made of in that decade). We used one coat of Watco and one coat of Zar's water-based polyurathane. Came out spectacular.
Kevin A. Shaw
Ithaca, NY
*Fir can get very dry looking; I know exactly what you are talking about. I'd try Watco Danish oil ("natural"). If you need to impart some additional color, Watco also makes the Danish oil with stain added. Any decent woodworker's mail order catalog will usually carry Watco.
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