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Okay, so it's not a fine piece of furniture, but it is the first completed project from my new shop. I made it for some friends who just had a front porch added to their house. They wanted to decide how to finish it themselves...paint or varnish. The frame is all preasure treated wood, the back and seat are plain pine. I personally think it woold look better with the pine stained and varnished and the PT left as is, but I think they want to paint it to match the shutters.
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Ian, that looks very nice. I'm sure anyone--especially your friends--will be
pleased with it.
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Very nice job!Comment
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That is very nice work. It looks great.Comment
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Looks great. How about a compromise? Paint one type of wood and stain the other? Maybe paint the PT and stain the plain pine? It might bring out both the shutter color and the figure of the wood at the same time?"A fine beer may be judged with just one sip, but it is better to be thoroughly sure"Comment
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Where did you get the plans?
ThanksShe couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.Comment
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beautiful job. i have always wanted to build one of those._________________________
omarComment
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Very nice. Once spring arrives, they will really enjoy it.Larry R. Rogers
The Samurai Wood Butcher
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Good job, it looks great. I"m sure the friends will be pleased.
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Thanks to everyone for the comments. Here is a link to the plans. I modified them somewhat by making the swing 7 inches longer and adding an extra brace underneath the seat. The back can have any pattern cut into it that you desire. I was going to go a little crazy with that, but decided to stay pretty conventional. The plans also call for using hardwood for the back and seat. I couldn't afford that so I went with pine. Hardwood would be a better choice though if for nothing else but looks. The great thing about this swing is that if the pine gets destroyed (rots or breaks) it can easily be replaced since they are screwed in place with deck screws...the PT frame will last forever though.
http://www.buildeazy.com/porchswing_1.htmlI feel more like I do today than I did yesterday...Comment
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Very well done, IS. My neighbor does out-door furniture for a living and he use's penetrating oil finish that has some additive for UV rays. Regardless of how they do it.. tell them to do it before they expose the pine to the weather or they will be sorry they didn't!Comment
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What he was using ( I just found out he has pretty much lost his eyesight and retired) was the Behr Outside Deck Stains. As a matter of fact it it not oil based anymore but has a water base mixed with alkyiads (sp). And another matter of fact is I have used it on my cedar home for the last two appications upon which the last was recently and the one before was 5 years ago. I could have gotten by another year as it has held up well.
I used to use the Behr oil based, but Behr changed the formula to a water base that cleans up with water. After a couple of applications, it basically has sealed all pores on the house and I just used two coats on a new deck I built out back. It come's in about every color under the sun, but testing is the best to find how it will react to the pine. My house is cedar and the deck is all the new type of pressure treat.
Hope that is of some help...Comment
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Great looking swing, wish I had a porch to hang it on.Comment
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Very nice.John HunterComment
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