Todays Project - What did you do today?

[TomG]

(06-30-2017, 01:05 PM)Roadracer_Al Wrote: Tom, first off, nice work!

I apologize and hope this doesn't sound like criticism, it's not.  Just sharing knowledge with the group.

The wood to use for outdoor applications is white oak, not red oak.  Red oak soaks up water and will rot quickly if not covered in a film-forming finish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6t2AZubF8U

Yes Al, White Oak is preferable to Red Oak for outdoor applications, but in this case it doesn't matter. The only time the truck will see the great outdoors is an occasional pleasure drive if the weather is nice and the three coats of exterior polyurethane should keep it looking nice for that. I was going more for looks here than function and it's hard to beat the look of Red Oak.

Tom