Great idea. My home was built in the 1940s the whole roof is red cedar. I went into the attic and found huge boards of red cedar left over that I am going to cut down and use them over my front door entryway. 80 year old new oldstock!
Sir, please continue to make videos! I value experience and the patience to teach over a pay for play school any day! If you keep teaching I'll keep watching that's for sure! To many of these techniques are lost to time.
bryan nonya Do you really feel the need to say something negative for absolutely no reason? Does it make you feel good about yourself? He was just expressing his appreciation for recording and sharing this video. If you don’t like it, why after you watching this video? Or reading the comments?! Get a hobby.
Yes Tung Oil produces a great finish BUT is probably the most difficult finish to apply - which is one reason the stores sell finishes with SOME (often very little) actual Tung Oil! First thing is to get 100% pure Tung Oil. I usually thin it with 50% paint thinner for the first coat or two - because pure T O is like painting with Molasses - just won’t spread easily. Second, buff each coat AFTER letting it dry overnight with Steel Wool never sandpaper which scratches. Use tack cloth or rag dampened with paint thinner to wipe off dust. Apply minimum 4 coats - one per day. Sometimes (wet environment like Teak seat in shower) I seal with Waterlox - the BEST varnish - a 1910 recipe made with…Tung Oil! Forget plastic poly stuff. Clean up with paint thinner. T O dries VERY slowly. It - and Waterlox have a limited shelf life though despite that. Maybe a year. Can’t open it after using 5 years later. Hardens up. I just heard there is a gaseous substance to inject to drive out Oxygen in container to preserve it. Bloxygen or something.
I work a good deal with red cedar and haven't gotten the result I wanted in the finish department. I am going to try your method. Thank you very much for your very instructional video sir.
Beautiful work. I clicked on this video to get a little insight on the process of finishing live edge cedar as my current project is my first time working with it. Your video is very informative and helped me tremendously. Thank you sir
Enjoyed the video. I got a colonoscopy tomorrow morning so I spent much of my time on the ole toilet tonight watching these videos. My ole behind is raw like a ole corn on grandmas toe. Anyways, keep on making these videos. I’ll let you know how everything comes out tomorrow. Thanks again
I bet they turned out beautiful Lewis! Do you find that the poly bonds stronger to the tung oil versus directly to the wood? I wish you made more videos!
Thank you for your video! That is beautiful stuff! That is aromatic cedar correct? I’m about to attempt my first box out of aerobatic cedar. I’m excited! Thanks again!
You don't want to seal cedar with shellac. It's an aroma you don't want to seal in... hence it's used in cedar chests to repel moths. Great color, nice aroma....
Hey Lewis I liked your video I am a beginner working with cedar.I got 4 cookies and a 4 ft piece to start. were is a good place to get legs , hairpin ect. Mine start to crack some that normal. where you from? I am in central fla and have access to nice woods. Thank you Jim
@@TucoJames-qn3iv James, you're so ignorant. How much do you think Biden had to do with gas prices? As for "broken promises" the only one I'm aware of is that slightly oversold the amount of people who would be vaccinated by now. Hence his much higher approval then the dumbass before him.
@@richardk6196 Calm down, Dick. They said the same thing, about the 4.50 gas prices, during the obama administration. So how is it prices dropped during Trumps 4 yrs? Avg prices here/my whole state were 1.79 prior to pandemic. So you voted for a racist fossil bc the promise to vaccinate...but yet Dick, I'm the ignorant one?
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Don't chuck a foam brush when you are done. Keep it, let it dry out and then use the handles as dowels.
Great idea. My home was built in the 1940s the whole roof is red cedar. I went into the attic and found huge boards of red cedar left over that I am going to cut down and use them over my front door entryway. 80 year old new oldstock!
My buddy lives in a non permitted older house. The whole thing has huge cedar boards and lumber everywhere
Thanks for the great lesson, Lewis. I appreciate that you've made this information available on TH-cam for aspiring us woodworkers to learn from.
Sir, please continue to make videos! I value experience and the patience to teach over a pay for play school any day! If you keep teaching I'll keep watching that's for sure! To many of these techniques are lost to time.
do you really need help putting on tung oil?
bryan nonya
Do you really feel the need to say something negative for absolutely no reason? Does it make you feel good about yourself? He was just expressing his appreciation for recording and sharing this video. If you don’t like it, why after you watching this video? Or reading the comments?! Get a hobby.
Beautiful finish on the cedar! The heartwood really pops with the tung oil.
Yes Tung Oil produces a great finish BUT is probably the most difficult finish to apply - which is one reason the stores sell finishes with SOME (often very little) actual Tung Oil!
First thing is to get 100% pure Tung Oil.
I usually thin it with 50% paint thinner for the first coat or two - because pure T O is like painting with Molasses - just won’t spread easily.
Second, buff each coat AFTER letting it dry overnight with Steel Wool never sandpaper which scratches.
Use tack cloth or rag dampened with paint thinner to wipe off dust.
Apply minimum 4 coats - one per day.
Sometimes (wet environment like Teak seat in shower) I seal with Waterlox - the BEST varnish - a 1910 recipe made with…Tung Oil! Forget plastic poly stuff.
Clean up with paint thinner.
T O dries VERY slowly.
It - and Waterlox have a limited shelf life though despite that. Maybe a year. Can’t open it after using 5 years later. Hardens up. I just heard there is a gaseous substance to inject to drive out Oxygen in container to preserve it. Bloxygen or something.
I work a good deal with red cedar and haven't gotten the result I wanted in the finish department. I am going to try your method. Thank you very much for your very instructional video sir.
Excellent video. Thanks so much for the great demonstration and specific steps and information.
Thank you for sharing your time and what felt like inviting me to your workshop for a lesson. Great Video!
Beautiful work. I clicked on this video to get a little insight on the process of finishing live edge cedar as my current project is my first time working with it. Your video is very informative and helped me tremendously. Thank you sir
Cool deal. Just did a cedar counter/sink for my van. I'll follow your process. Sand, fine sand, tac it, and tung oil 3 coats. Thanks.
Geat video, thank you for taking the time to show us.
Beautiful color in the wood after the oil! I'm making my own beeswax polish and I think I'll expiererment with the oil too. Thank you for your video!!
That looks really nice!!
great video! could only hope for more. thanks for the info!
Enjoyed the video. I got a colonoscopy tomorrow morning so I spent much of my time on the ole toilet tonight watching these videos. My ole behind is raw like a ole corn on grandmas toe. Anyways, keep on making these videos. I’ll let you know how everything comes out tomorrow. Thanks again
Thank you for imparting your knowledge to us.
Masyaallah, Good Job uncle 👍
nice to meet you uncle 🙏, From Java Indonesia 🤝
How does oil get absorbed if you sand it it that fine ?
looks good boss! thanks for the info!
Thank you for sharing the knowledge sir
That's some good wood 👌 it's awesome for tables and handles
Just don't cook with if lol haha
Awesome video
I bet they turned out beautiful Lewis! Do you find that the poly bonds stronger to the tung oil versus directly to the wood? I wish you made more videos!
If I use just tongue oil, will the cedar still turn brown as it ages?
What did you end up doing with the wood?
Would this be good for cedar outside?
I have applied this oil with my tongue now I know the right way of doing it.
Will it hold up outdoors?
That's Juniper
Thank you for your video! That is beautiful stuff! That is aromatic cedar correct? I’m about to attempt my first box out of aerobatic cedar. I’m excited! Thanks again!
Think you sir
what will seal in the violet color of fresh cedar? arkansas....
looks like ya been doin it for a while hoss lol just kiddin looks good
Did you eventually use shellac?
You don't want to seal cedar with shellac. It's an aroma you don't want to seal in... hence it's used in cedar chests to repel moths. Great color, nice aroma....
Check out this guy!
Hey Lewis I liked your video I am a beginner working with cedar.I got 4 cookies and a 4 ft piece to start. were is a good place to get legs , hairpin ect. Mine start to crack some that normal. where you from? I am in central fla and have access to nice woods. Thank you Jim
Mainer?
I was asking myself the same thing
dang dude why you repeat then repeat then repeat and repeat? You are not teaching democrats.
brad smith....
Well he did say to apply the oil liberally 😂
Well, at least one Democrat.....and I'm going to be so happy exactly 1 month from today. :)
@@richardk6196 liking those higher gas prices and all those broken promises :D
@@TucoJames-qn3iv James, you're so ignorant. How much do you think Biden had to do with gas prices? As for "broken promises" the only one I'm aware of is that slightly oversold the amount of people who would be vaccinated by now. Hence his much higher approval then the dumbass before him.
@@richardk6196 Calm down, Dick. They said the same thing, about the 4.50 gas prices, during the obama administration. So how is it prices dropped during Trumps 4 yrs? Avg prices here/my whole state were 1.79 prior to pandemic. So you voted for a racist fossil bc the promise to vaccinate...but yet Dick, I'm the ignorant one?