Joe wrote:
Hey Gaz, or anyone else who uses or likes wooden blocks.

How do you care for and maintain the wood?

I painted some wood blocks and it destroyed them from the inside out
due to water trapped inside. Rotted the wood around the sheeves.

Just leave them plain ol wood? Oil the wood?

Was it was just a fluke my painted block went to crap?
Maybe it was bad wood anyway and lasted 5 yrs on deck so I sould be
happy.

What is your opinion?

Joe

We varnish ours and have them professionally checked every two years.
Most of our really high load blocks are Harken with wood cheeks made for
them. They are not really wood.

Gaz