Finally, a place to work.
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Hi fellow woodworkers,
not sure if I am posting this in the correct place but Im hoping I can tap the knowledge of this great community 😀
After many months following WWMC and trying to make and create from my tiny one bedroom first floor (2nd floor U.S.) flat/apartment with no garden/ground space Iv managed to wrangle an arrangement to place a small 8×10 T&G wooden shed/workshop not too far from were I live, about 1/2 mile so only a short walk. A also have the use of two 6×8 brick storage sheds at the same place to give me more room to work with in my Main workshop.
After a bit of a nightmare getting it through to the courtyard at the rear, involving it having the roof and floor panels sawn in half and the intended fitters just leaving me to build it on my own yesterday.
Iv managed to get it built today with a little help from a friend on his lunch hour and after plenty of blood, sweat and cursing its now built and has had any gaps or knot holes filled with silicon sealant. I am now left with the task of treating the timber. It has had a coat of a solvent based timber preservative during manufacture (some time in the last week) which wasn’t the most thorough of jobs when it was done. Id like to get a decent couple of coats on the inside and out prior to moving my stuff in and starting to build my workbench but I’m at loss when it comes to a preservative to use.After a trawl on the web and being bombarded with ‘info’ from salesmen id like to know if anybody here has any experience with timber preservatives and could possibly enlighten me or recommend a product that i can use (uk based). I dont mind having to repeat the process further down the line as it will be some what of a home to me, id rather the time between was at least a year or more if possible. If for the chance to get a rare sunny few days in which to do it if nothing else 😀
If it was relatively quick drying between coats would also be a bonus.Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings and good luck to all in your crafting endeavors
Thomas
13 March 2014 at 12:13 pm #28877hi Thomas good luck with your new space ,you asked which treatment to use on your timber shed i used Cuprinol Sprayable Fence Treatment (Harvest Brown) that was five years ago ,it may need doing again this year but it still protects ,the rain just runs off it in beads it has a wax effect i wouldn’t use anything else unless it came with great recommendations and very very much cheaper i hope this helps , if you dont have a sprayer i’m sure it can be brushed on also
Thomas, there is nothing like having a dedicated place to do your woodworking. Everything is always where you left it when you come back!
Why are you treating the inside? You have to be careful about treatments on the inside because they almost always have dangerous chimicals. Most of them have health warnings on the lable and are not entended to be used in closed spaces. Read the MSDS information before you put anything on the inside… 🙂
Thanks for your replys gents 🙂 thats great to know eddy, especially as we are roughly in the same region I feel abit more confident that the treatment can with stand the local weather for extended periods. I was toying with either one of the cuprinols or a ronseal product, I havent got a sprayer but I think they do a brush on varient anyway.
Sandy, I was wondering about treating the inside as its currently bare timber and thought all the help to preserve the wood from both sides would help in the long run. Im not yet sure how much condensation will build up. would inside treatment help? To be honest id over looked the toxicity of solvent based treatment, ideally I should have done that prior to assembly, aint hindsight a bit*h lol.
Thanks again, all advice is appreciated -
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