naturally weathered eastern cedar shingles vs weathering stain
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Comments (3)We have used Maibec pre-stained white cedar shingles with great success. It is on a house overlooking the Hudson River. We used the bleached shingle and it looks good 3 years later and will weather to a whitish grey over time. It was Cabots bleaching stain that Maibec uses....See MoreCedar Shingle Siding
Comments (2)30 lb building paper is what used to be called 15 lb building paper. I would avoid using the term "tar paper" because although it is illegal to use coal tar, some Chinese building papers have been found to have coal tar in them. Any specification should make it clear that any coal tar content is not acceptable. I would avoid the use of any kind of asphalt impregnated or coated paper if it isn't going to be supported by sheathing panels because it tears too easily and would require blocking at the horizontal joints. A high quality non-woven non-perforated house wrap like Tyvek or Typar would be better if the horizontal joints occurred over floor framing or blocking. DuPont Commercial Wrap would be an even better material since it is extremely difficult to tear. But I would add sheathing and a weather barrier or the Zip system from Huber. However a lot depends on the detailing of terminations at the windows, doors, soffits, etc. It is easier to get a uniform pale grey color with white cedar and white cedar is cheaper than red. For the beach I would consider the highest grade 15" white cedar factory dipped in Cabot's bleaching oil. I would use red if the shingles were going to left unfinished....See MoreStain on cedar shingles for the Onion House
Comments (1)I would be surprised if any clear or semi-transparent finish could hold up more than one year under your conditions. It's the UV breaking down the binder/resins. You have a ton of UV in your location, and the material is in a full-exposure situation. Unless you let it weather naturally, yearly maintenance of the finish has to be budgeted for. Casey...See MoreSemi transparent stain vs semi solid stain
Comments (18)JDS..I think the Cedar Valley are red. They send the shingles to a place here in Il and they are dipped before our supplier gets them. Cedar Valley will use any brand and color of stain we want and send us samples. We received 2 samples (Cabot ) this week and I thought one would be a sure thing when I ordered them. Didn't like either with our stone. Back to the drawing board. i will look at the Cabot bleaching oil. Who knew it would be so hard to pick a stain color. hope you see this before you go....See MoreBirchPoint
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