[Woodcarver] Re:CHAT Help carving outdoor sign

[gjpat at cyberbeach.net]

Yah, it maybe well preserved  Vic, but can you still eat it.(G)

Gordon Paterson
Dowling, Ont.Can.

At 01:21 PM 3/3/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>>"Joe Dillett" <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com>
>>Yes Maura, mahogany is wonderful for holding up in wheather,<snip> Just a 
>>little
>>sanding, paint and exterior grade polyurethane varnish took a few hours and
>>should be good for another 25 years.
>>The spar varnish should work out well for your outdoor sign. I don't know if
>>you need 5 or 6 coats. I'm thinking 3 should be perfect.
>
>Joe and Maura,
>
>I carved a pineapple sign for the front of our house nearly 30 years 
>ago.  I used Patterm-makers grade mahogany, which is a very dense, tight 
>grained reddish wood that carves beautifully.  Acrylic paint on the 
>pineapple, and 3 coats of spar varnish on the entire piece, including the 
>bare wood background, and it lasted for nearly 20 years before I had to 
>sand and re-varnish it.  It sits outside most winters with a northwest 
>exposure, so it gets plenty of New England weather.  I agree with Joe, 3 
>coats is enough for the sign, and make sure you use a tight grained 
>mahogany, there are several hundred specie of wood from around the world 
>that can be called mahogany, including stuff I wouldn't burn in my woodstove.
>
>         Vic H