"John (scuubydu)" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:56:39 GMT,
Teak wrote:

I am close to finishing snip

{begin} My two cents worth...

As a point of note you should be aware
that to epoxy is 100% ok on any (old)
wood surface...
however (yes there is always a but)

The other side of the wood/planking/ply
should NOT have any epoxy/poly material
applied other than the usual painting to
allow the wood "to breath", thereby in
most (not all) cases preventing that
nasty old boogy called ROT to set its
ugly feed in!

Well....in an ideal world, or a laboratory.
Any exposed wood will absorb the humidity in the air, so at best the wood
will be around 12 % moisture content. Whether you paint,varnish, epoxy or
heavily oil on all sides you will (especially on the end grain) be
effectively sealing in the moisture content. As long as you are at 12% or
less this does not pose a problem. Some species of wood will respond
differently of course. Sealing all surfaces stops the uptake of moisture
during wet winter weather. I do agree with you that sealing in a high
moisture content is excercising poor judgement.

...Ken