When I replaced my windows I kept the red cedar frames. After being exposed to the elements for forty years the staples and tracks were disintegrating, but the wood looked like new. I made this mailbox from them, and with several coats of spar varnish to further protect it from Ontario seasons, it is already outlasting the metal one it replaced.
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Did you finish it with anything else besides Spar Varnish?
I'm currently working on a cedar planter box and was thinking of useing this same finish.
Are there plans for this build?
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