EXTERIOR GRADE WOOD STAINS

anybody? any help? (Its not homework, its my barn)

Bumping this up for Farmerman.

Until someone with the expertise comes along, I found this site:

http://www.agspecialty.com/barn.htm



Here are their two colors within the specs you gave (not the green):

Whats on the existing timber? colour?
something for decking might be suitable.

I'll go look and get back to you.

Here's another:

Behr Barn and Fence Paint

and

Porter Paints Barn and Fence Paint

http://www.cabots.com.au/exterior/deck_stain_garden.asp

This site has some pertinant info for out door painting/staining
http://www.house-painting-info.com/deck-stain.html#axzz1HxCbOHvy

Thanks. Ive not been on the board and Im happy to receive thereponses. The new barn doors are constructed of bare wood. They look beautiful with their cross bucks . They are very heavy but are on severeal rollers and are carried nicely and can be opened and closed very easily.

Ill look at these links and see what I need. Im hoping I can apply the stuff by spray ratherthan roller or brush.

I hope that your chickens will like your motif
(and that thay will not freeze in the winters).





David

Thank you. My chicken (Im down to one so I have recently acquired 15 chicks and these are in a deep cow trough with electric heat lamps) They are in the part of the barn that was known as a "Tack room".

These little chicks are Auracana hens , a breed that lays eggs of several different colors.

Interesting. The Auracanians are the Indians of southern South America.

Im sure that someone of the human persuasion anmed the chickens. If ever anyone ever wants to raise home grown eggers, I reccomend the Auracan'a as THE breed of choice, they are docile, friendly, thrift and they produce fairly hig yields of colorful eggs of excellent quality. They also flock nicely so theres never a big concern about varmints snatcj=hing a chicken. They generally mob up and harry any varmints to distraction. Even the dogs dont screw with em.
The only problem is that these birds all seem to get the same idea at the same time, so when one wants you to feed her, they all run to you. It can be a pin if your having a cookout with the chickens in the yard.

That's a good description of the Indians for whom they are named, too. The Mapuche of what is now Chile, an Auracanian tribe, turned back an Inca invasion attempt, and then made life hell for the Spaniard who came along later. The leader of the Spaniards was very cruel, so they laid for him, caught him, and nailed him to a tree. The Spaniards never succeeded in conquering them. Ambrosio O'Higgins, the father of Bernardo O'Higgins who was called the liberator of Chile, bought the Spanish a half century of peace by successfully negotiating a peace with them. Unfortunately, Ambrosio's good sense did not prevail, and the Chilean government thought to exterminate the Mapuche by providing every willing settler with arms and ammunition. One hundred and eighty years and thousands of needless deaths later, the Mapuche still survive, and pretty much live the way their ancestors did, except with televisions and cell phones.

Those chooks of yours are chips off the old block.

I'm going to see if I can get MAB in to post on this. She's got a century farm/farmhouse on the top of a hill in the Ottawa Valley. She 'gets' weather.

Thanks, Ill look for it. Ill need to get some covering on these doors in the next few months as the weather gets warmer and drier.

I’ve no recommendation for your front door, but as for the barn, there’s a product generally used in marine environments that might work for you. I no longer have the product info and the guy who gave it to me is away this week so I can’t give you the name at this point (though I’ll ask this weekend when he’s back). I googled a bit but can’t find it.

For sure it comes in powdered form. I know that’s how he purchased it, though if memory serves, it can be bought premixed. I think. I tested some as a potential deck sealer last year (er, maybe the year before). It goes on a clear, watery consistency, dries clear and the wood initially looks untreated, but gradually weathers grey as it is exposed to sun and rain etc. just as you expect cedar to do. Supposedly lasts a life time, becoming stronger over time. Non toxic.

New wood looks so gorgeous and I can see the appeal for keeping it looking natural but I’d cry (or kill someone) if I had to paint a barn door every year. Even a clear stain would make me grumpy or worse. Apparently this stuff doesn’t need reapplication. It’s probably worth a look. I’ll try and get back to you.

I will keep checking in , I hope you have luck finding it. I love the look of weathered wood, it goes well with a white building and gives a natural aura to the whole thing. Course, as my wife says, if we dont like it after a few years, Ill be asked to paint the whole thing white.

Paint! Aaiiieeeeee.

No, shouldn't be a problem getting the name. I poked around the website once too, so it should be easy enough for you to research.

My buddy used it to treat the planking on his bridge. Just a small one at his cottage, thirty feet maybe (I'm hopeless at estimating). I've driven over it dozens of times.

If you don't want to change the color of the wood, I would suggest using a good wood sealer for decks. They can be sprayed with a garden pump sprayer.

Thompson makes one
http://www.thompsonswaterseal.com/products/product_detail.cfm?prod_id=3

Your local Lowes or Home Depot should carry a brand of sealer.

Like any wood finish, it will need to be redone every few years.

Of you could coat the whole thing with spar varnish. But that would probably be a chore.

Do u ever get any SNOW in Pa. ??