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8th December 2014, 03:06 PM #1
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Extremely soft western red cedar?
I picked up some western red cedar DAR recently which I plan on using to build a simple window frame.
The timber is incredibly soft, with minimal effort it is possible to permanently gouge the wood with your finger nail or other soft implement.
Is this normal for cedar? Will it harden up with a few coats of paint?
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8th December 2014, 03:18 PM #2
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Yes it's always been a soft timber. Its claim to fame is insects/termites won't eat it and weathers extremly well
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8th December 2014, 06:36 PM #3
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I work with it on a daily basis and it's susceptibility to small dings can be quite... frustrating.
But because it's so easy to work it's also quick to sand 'em out again; provided one doesn't mind losing a mm here and there.
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8th December 2014, 08:39 PM #4
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What they said. But to answer your second question - "will it harden up with paint?".
Not really, but it might help a tad. When the paint is old and brittle it might help a bit more, but then again you should have repainted before it's gets that brittle......
Just don't slam the window shut!
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8th December 2014, 08:52 PM #5
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Thanks everyone I guess I'm just going to have to go easy, I have spent the last few months bashing LVL's so this requires a bit more finese
Luckily it is a fixed window so we won't be able to slam it. What I'm trying to do is something like the attached, a simple frame around the glass but I'm worried that after a couple of months the kids will have bashed up the cedar frame on the inside. I suppose it's not a big deal to reaplce and try again if this happens.
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8th December 2014, 09:49 PM #6
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You could glue a strip of hardwood on the inside ege to protect it. That gives good protection from blows. It it truly a softwood, and if you live in the "wrong" area cockatoos love to chew it for some reason. It is best painted on the weather side and stained interior. Here in the Queensland sun anyway.
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10th December 2014, 09:10 AM #7
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Thanks I think that is a good idea. Considering I will be painting both interior and exterior I might make the interior out of hardwood and leave the external cedar.
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