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Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
By:Kudzu
Date: 8/31/2008, 9:09 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers (Scott Shurlow)

: Cedar is naturally rot resistant, don't do anything to it.

Western Red cedar will rot! It was used for extensively for many years around here on boat houses and it just rotted off the pine framing. This may not be the best quality wood we were getting, but it will rot.

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Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Carl Delo -- 8/30/2008, 12:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2008, 5:29 pm
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Jim Bell -- 9/1/2008, 11:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2008, 2:57 pm
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Jim Bell -- 9/4/2008, 6:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/6/2008, 1:26 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2008, 2:55 pm
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Mike Savage -- 9/1/2008, 1:30 pm
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Carl Delo -- 8/31/2008, 6:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/1/2008, 12:56 am
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Carl Delo -- 9/1/2008, 9:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2008, 2:14 am
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Pete Notman -- 8/31/2008, 3:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 9/4/2008, 9:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Scott Shurlow -- 8/31/2008, 5:13 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Kudzu -- 8/31/2008, 9:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Bill Hamm -- 8/30/2008, 1:21 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 9/4/2008, 10:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Bill Hamm -- 9/7/2008, 3:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers *Pic*
Tom Yost -- 9/7/2008, 11:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2008, 1:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Bill Hamm -- 9/7/2008, 2:03 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Carl Delo -- 8/30/2008, 11:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: sealing cedar stringers
Bill Hamm -- 8/31/2008, 1:11 am