Questions #1: Wood Hardener

Pat, I have used wood hardener to stabilize rot, heavily weathered, or water damaged wood. You’ll see most of the damage and find the remainder probing with an awl. When we repainted our 1925 home, I found some areas that were soft, very dried out, heavily weather, or water damaged. Window sills and siding are good examples. Typically, I remove the worst of decay, stabilize the remainder, rebuild the area with an inlay or epoxy, and then prime and paint.

Two or three coats of polyurethane finish would be a better choice for wood that you want to write on.

Oh, to avoid a clown act, keep wood hardener away from wives and girl friends!

-- DJ Peck, Lincoln Nebraska. I don't have a Shop. I think of it as a Tool Chase. Where the hell did I put that?

DeLayne,

I see you have your Wood Hardner posing holding a can of the competitor’s product.

(Sorry, could help myself…)

Herb

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Good one Herb, I like your sense of humor!

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I wanted to say that HerbC but just wasn’t sure!!! Good one!

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Herb, I posted that picture as bait. I knew someone wouldn’t be able to stand it and would have to crack a wood hardener joke. Good one!!!

I am a very lucky man. My wife is wearing her tool belt. That is her scaffolding and she worked on a ladder up there for weeks. Not to mention that she is funnier than the Rat Pack and could make them all blush.

Sorry, Pat, didn’t mean to steal your thread. But, wood hardener is mostly used for repairing damaged wood that is out in the weather. MinWax Poly is what you need. Wipe on or brushed on.

-- DJ Peck, Lincoln Nebraska. I don't have a Shop. I think of it as a Tool Chase. Where the hell did I put that?

No Problem. Thanks for the advice and that is a good joke. My girl friend will love it.

DJ, You are a lucky man: pretty wife with a tool belt and a sense of humor!

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm