I recently salvaged a garden bench from a neighbors heavy trash. It's one of those benches with the cast iron ends / legs, and wooden slats for the seating surface. I was able to manage to save a couple of the original slats for hole spacing for the bolts, as well as for sizing of the replacement pieces. And I am making good progress with the Evapo Rust. Boxes of 10-24 x 1.25" stainless phillips head screws, lock nuts and flat washers have been sourced and stand at the ready for the project. Now I need to figure out, what sort of wood would be best / most cost effective to replace the original slats with...
The entire thing will be painted, but when completed, it will life its life on a bed of crushed gravel under my magnolia tree. So exposure to the elements, particularly sun, heat, humidity, and rain are going to be major factors for this bench...
The slats will be fully painted and pre drilled prior to assembly to eliminate the possibility of moisture migration to some uncoated piece of wood...
I am honestly leaning toward using pressure treated SYP. It's cheap, readily available, and stands up to the elements well. But my concerns are, with this being a bench, and with me being a rather substantial guy, is would pine be sufficient for a seating surface? And would the PT stuff hold paint well?
What woods would you suggest for such a project?
The entire thing will be painted, but when completed, it will life its life on a bed of crushed gravel under my magnolia tree. So exposure to the elements, particularly sun, heat, humidity, and rain are going to be major factors for this bench...
The slats will be fully painted and pre drilled prior to assembly to eliminate the possibility of moisture migration to some uncoated piece of wood...
I am honestly leaning toward using pressure treated SYP. It's cheap, readily available, and stands up to the elements well. But my concerns are, with this being a bench, and with me being a rather substantial guy, is would pine be sufficient for a seating surface? And would the PT stuff hold paint well?
What woods would you suggest for such a project?
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