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Looking at those doors, I wonder if you could make some out of hardwood deck boards.
I can't imagine it's any harder than making some garage doors (which I easily have the ability to do BTW) - it's more the time cost.
I'd still have to paint and fit anything I make. My dad suggested I check with a carpenter for how much it would cost to get some made, but I assume they'd want a couple of k, assuming anyone would quote in the first place.
On the heat gunning the knotts - why can't I just use something like colron knotting solution on its own? Why do they need blasting first?
hugo7-
Knotts bleed faster on exterior, learning the resen content (and how long the timber has been cured) takes feel and time , if it's smelly and sticky stand clear and pass it by, dry and light is what you want . Beyond that on a good percentage it'll be fine without burning anything
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Decent hardwood you wouldn’t have to treat so aggressively compared to the softwood crap you get today.
On the heat gunning the knotts - why can't I just use something like colron knotting solution on its own? Why do they need blasting first?
Because it brings the worst of the sap out so the knotting fluid has a chance of working.
You’d kick yourself if you didn’t do it and the paint fails a year down the line because it got hot and it pushed the paint off.
bluehuw
Howard
If the wood is a bit shit - i.e. full of knots - then (to repeat Airhead's advice) you gotta hit the knots with heat from a gun to push the sap out, then sand, then treat the knotty shitty bits with knotting fluid (liberon do some that worked in my experience), fill any cracks with filler, then prime the fuck out of it before hitting with some good quality exterior paint. It's a lot of work.
Looking at those doors, I wonder if you could make some out of hardwood deck boards.