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protecting white cedar shingles nick 09-20-2008
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Posted by nick on September 20, 2008, 8:18 am


I have white cedar shingles on my house. 10 years ago when we put
them up, we treated them with a stain/bleach mixture, and they have
weathered to a fairly uniform gray color (not quite Cape Cod, but
that's 500 miles away), which is what we wanted.

The most exposed side of the house is showing a fair amount of
weathering (wood surface eroding), and I would like to slow this down
by applying something. Question is, what? The main thing I would
like to achieve is some water repellency, and I would like not to
create a seriously blotchy effect. The shingles are going to differ
quite a bit in the degree to which they absorb anything I apply.

So, advice?

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Posted by ransley on September 20, 2008, 12:57 pm


> I have white cedar shingles on my house. =A010 years ago when we put
> them up, we treated them with a stain/bleach mixture, and they have
> weathered to a fairly uniform gray color (not quite Cape Cod, but
> that's 500 miles away), which is what we wanted.
>
> The most exposed side of the house is showing a fair amount of
> weathering (wood surface eroding), and I would like to slow this down
> by applying something. =A0Question is, what? =A0The main thing I would
> like to achieve is some water repellency, and I would like not to
> create a seriously blotchy effect. =A0The shingles are going to differ
> quite a bit in the degree to which they absorb anything I apply.
>
> So, advice?

Cabots oil products are good

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