{"id":12040,"date":"2000-01-01T15:09:39","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T22:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=12040"},"modified":"2019-06-28T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T22:11:00","slug":"what-are-the-best-woods-for-outdoor-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/what-are-the-best-woods-for-outdoor-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Best Woods for Outdoor Projects?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\nWe have an awesome page with our\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/shop\/category\/outdoor_woods.html\">\n<em>\nbest suggestions right here\n<\/em>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nSunshine and precipitation are hard on wood. Regardless of the kind of \nwood you choose, you should take measures to protect your projects from \nrepeated exposure to sun and water.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nChoose a Protective Wood Finish\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>\nExterior Oil:\n<\/strong>\nwe like to recommend exterior oil for projects like patio furniture, \nadirondack chairs, tables, potting benches, etc. The oil needs to be \nreapplied once or twice a year, but it&#8217;s a nice looking finish that \nrepels water and is very simple to rejuvenate with a fresh coat without \nstripping the previous coats.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>\nMarine Spar Varnish:\n<\/strong>\nthis thick clear wood coating is just as suitable for furniture, but \nit&#8217;s mostly used on things like exterior boat trim. This kind of finish \ncan go longer without maintenance (unlike exterior oil). But maintenance\n on a spar varnish usually means sanding &amp; stripping it off, then \nre-applying.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>\nExterior paint:\n<\/strong>\nno coating or finish protects wood as long as paint does. The downside \nis that it hides the warmth and beauty of wood. When that&#8217;s not an \nimportant factor to you, choose paint.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/images\/faqs\/watco-exterior-oil.jpg\" alt=\"exterior wood oil finish\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have an awesome page with our best suggestions right here Sunshine and precipitation are hard on wood. Regardless of the kind of wood you choose, you should take measures to protect your projects from repeated exposure to sun and water. Choose a Protective Wood Finish Exterior Oil: we like to recommend exterior oil for <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/what-are-the-best-woods-for-outdoor-projects\/\">&#8230;<br \/><small><em><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/em> <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lumber-help-faq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12042,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12040\/revisions\/12042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}