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    Cool Timber suggestions for Adirondack chairs

    Hey Guys. I'm going to build a couple of Adirondack chairs for around our pool area. I need a couple of suggestions on timber types that will be able to stand up to the tropical heat & wet seasons. I will be painting them, so don't need to use expensive timbers. Cheers, and great to be back on the forum again.
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    When we lived in PNG ours were kwila - now usually called merbau - it was fine, unpainted.

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    Thanks Graeme, I was thinking the same thing, even though the wife wants them painted Aqua, I might be able tp persuade her lol. Cheers.
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    Kwila is durable but a mongrel for tannin stains on masonry. So if you have paving or flagging you may have issues. As you are in Cairns, Crows Ash would be a good alternative (low tannin content) also known as Australian Teak. Otherwise, if you want light weight, Western Red Cedar or better still, Californian Redwood.

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    I made a couple from dismantled wine barrels

    There are plenty of designs on the net. The smell when new is delightful, I had to sand mine down as the red kept rubbing off on clothing. Also I wanted to leave stained but the aussie weather stuffed that up so dismantled both and amongst 100 other jobs, sanding them down and was going to paint white.
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    I used hoop pine for a couple of the chairs about 10 years ago they are still going strong,
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    Quote Originally Posted by rustynail View Post
    Kwila is durable but a mongrel for tannin stains on masonry. So if you have paving or flagging you may have issues. ...
    Yeah; many have mentioned this, but we did not notice it.

    Our chairs were commissioned at the local tech school, and then spent most of their time on lawn in the dry season and under the house in the wet season.

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    If, you are short in stature their down side is you desperately require a thing for your legs to rest on.
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    I made a few out of very old larch. They are hanging in there but are awful heavy. Have made quite a few out of radiata. Painted and using SS screws. They last OK on concrete paving but the feet rot on the lawn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonyz View Post
    If, you are short in stature their down side is you desperately require a thing for your legs to rest on.
    Yep made a couple of those too
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    Quote Originally Posted by MurrayD99 View Post
    I made a few out of very old larch. They are hanging in there but are awful heavy. Have made quite a few out of radiata. Painted and using SS screws. They last OK on concrete paving but the feet rot on the lawn.

    Cut the legs 50 mm short and used a couple of stainless 50 mm screws as pins and used builders bog to replace the 50 mm i cut short
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    Quote Originally Posted by pal View Post
    Cut the legs 50 mm short and used a couple of stainless 50 mm screws as pins and used builders bog to replace the 50 mm i cut short
    50 mm of builders bog - would't pass the the *** acceptance test at our place!

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