Hello everyone, just had a quick question about oiling a new cedar deck for a customer of ours. i am not a wood expert but do have some years of experience with wood and wanted to get others opinions about this. the deck is currently being built and the builder told them to get some Thompson water seal on it right away! when i met with her i told her to say far away from that junk. i believe this is a premium grade western red cedar with no knots, it is not even a very big deck but i want to make sure i give her the right service for the job. i have read here on tgs that you should let cedar weather for a few months before putting anything on the wood to let it naturally weather and adapt to is environment and let the tannins work themselves to the surface, or is it ok to apply oil a week after it is installed? any thoughts would be appreciated, thank you
Hello everyone, just had a quick question about oiling a new cedar deck for a customer of ours. i am not a wood expert but do have some years of experience with wood and wanted to get others opinions about this. the deck is currently being built and the builder told them to get some Thompson water seal on it right away! when i met with her i told her to say far away from that junk. i believe this is a premium grade western red cedar with no knots, it is not even a very big deck but i want to make sure i give her the right service for the job. i have read here on tgs that you should let cedar weather for a few months before putting anything on the wood to let it naturally weather and adapt to is environment and let the tannins work themselves to the surface, or is it ok to apply oil a week after it is installed? any thoughts would be appreciated, thank you
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