Hi All,
I'm a complete amateur woodworker, as the rest of my post will no doubt make abundantly clear.
I made a wooden gate a couple of months ago and construction-wise it seemed to go well and I was happy with the result.
It is made out of 20x85mm jarrah decking planks. I was intending to seal it with decking oil, thinking that if that's good enough for decks, then it should be good enough for something made out of decking material.
Note that I specifically did not want to paint the gate as I love the natural wood grain look.
I noticed in the instructions for the decking oil that it said to let the deck weather for 4-6 weeks before applying the first coat to allow tannins and so forth to be washed out.
So I waited...
The first problem was that when the weather was very hot and sunny, the gate bent inwards a bit (when looking from the front) as the individual planks shrunk. But it wasn't major, I could live with it.
However the second problem has now occurred since the weather recently has been very rainy. The planks have soaked up the moisture and expanded, causing the gate to bend outwards so much so that I can barely get the gate bolt in the wall anymore.
Yes I'm a doofus and clearly I've done something wrong. I would greatly appreciate some advice on what I should do, or should have done first:
1) Applied coats of sealant to the individual planks before assembling the gate.
2) Assembled the gate, then applied the coats immediately before any changes occur.
3) Something else altogether???
Also now that I've got this problem I've just taken the gate down to give it time to dry again, with the intention of sealing when it is back to "normal" shape. Is that worthwhile? Or idiotic?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I'm a complete amateur woodworker, as the rest of my post will no doubt make abundantly clear.
I made a wooden gate a couple of months ago and construction-wise it seemed to go well and I was happy with the result.
It is made out of 20x85mm jarrah decking planks. I was intending to seal it with decking oil, thinking that if that's good enough for decks, then it should be good enough for something made out of decking material.
Note that I specifically did not want to paint the gate as I love the natural wood grain look.
I noticed in the instructions for the decking oil that it said to let the deck weather for 4-6 weeks before applying the first coat to allow tannins and so forth to be washed out.
So I waited...
The first problem was that when the weather was very hot and sunny, the gate bent inwards a bit (when looking from the front) as the individual planks shrunk. But it wasn't major, I could live with it.
However the second problem has now occurred since the weather recently has been very rainy. The planks have soaked up the moisture and expanded, causing the gate to bend outwards so much so that I can barely get the gate bolt in the wall anymore.
Yes I'm a doofus and clearly I've done something wrong. I would greatly appreciate some advice on what I should do, or should have done first:
1) Applied coats of sealant to the individual planks before assembling the gate.
2) Assembled the gate, then applied the coats immediately before any changes occur.
3) Something else altogether???
Also now that I've got this problem I've just taken the gate down to give it time to dry again, with the intention of sealing when it is back to "normal" shape. Is that worthwhile? Or idiotic?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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