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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 05, 2007 10:54pm | #1

   If you use oak, make sure it's white oak and not red.  It stands up to the weather whereas red doesn't.  I've made some outdoor furniture with white oak and it looks good left natural, at least to me anyway.

   The main thing I've found with outdoor furniture is to protect the feet/legs from wicking moisture from the ground.

   Regards,

   Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   jimbell | Nov 06, 2007 10:36am | #2

   ONe of the best ways to protect the feet from moisture: sit the piece upside down and level; use masking tape to create a dam around the end of the leg; pour in Bondo or similar epoxy-type compound to about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick; when dry, remove the tape and sand the bottom flat. This also sames the wooden leg from abrasion. And you seldom even notice that the foot has this little protective coating on it.

   Jim Bell

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   Grease | Nov 07, 2007 01:33am | #3

   That's a great suggestion.  I've painted the very ends of my outdoor furniture feet with slow setting epoxy and that seems to work fairly well also. 

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   mrbird90 | Nov 07, 2007 01:41am | #4

   On all my out door furniture I install those plastic buttons with a nail molded in so that all you have to do is nail the button in to the end of the legs. thry hold the legs off the ground by about 1/4". Also easy to slide around on the deck or cement.