Painting and drying pressure treated lumber?

[Admiral Blue]

I cut a small rectangle of 3/4" thick pressure treated wood. The wood is still very wet. I am making an address plaque to put on the front of the house and painting it with black exterior paint to match the outside trim. Is there any way to accelerate the drying process, hoping that it will not warp in doing so?

Hair dryer? :)

Or should I just use regular wood and hope for the best?

[island14]

Don't worry about it.. It will be able to dry out from the back side

[DAB]

cedar or redwood.

air drying typically takes one year per inch of thickness.

[Sea Six]

Kiln drying is much faster than air drying.

I'd be very concerned about kiln drying treated wood, though. Outgassing of wood treatment chemicals is a potential safety issue.

[island14]

Coconut lumber prolly shrinks about an inch,, same as I do when it is cold

[Kerrmudgeon]

I'd use regular dried wood myself. Anytime you cut pressure treated, you destroy the preservative quality anyway. Plus, pressure treated is supposed to be left to dry naturally, with no paint or sealant. Or.....so I was told when I bought a pile of it for my dock. :seasix:



















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[lspencer534]

Sorry you went to the trouble of cutting the sign, but I'd not paint PTP. The paint won't last. Just start over with un-PTP, prime it, and paint it. The painjt will stay a long time and will protect the wood.

[Admiral Blue]

Thanks everyone. Spence, you're right. I will just redo it with regular wood of some sort. I will paint all sides, hoping the paint will protect it. I experimented over the winter with a 3/8" piece but I left the unpainted back side sit in the snow. Not too surprisingly, it destroyed the wood. Hopefully with 3/4" and painted and sealed all around, it will be good.

:cert:

[lspencer534]

Thanks everyone. Spence, you're right. I will just redo it with regular wood of some sort. I will paint all sides, hoping the paint will protect it. I experimented over the winter with a 3/8" piece but I left the unpainted back side sit in the snow. Not too surprisingly, it destroyed the wood. Hopefully with 3/4" and painted and sealed all around, it will be good.

:cert:

Triple seal the edges of the wood with an outdoor primer like Kilz. That stuff stinks so bad nothing will try to rot the wood. :seasix:

[simpleman68]

Thanks everyone. Spence, you're right. I will just redo it with regular wood of some sort. I will paint all sides, hoping the paint will protect it. I experimented over the winter with a 3/8" piece but I left the unpainted back side sit in the snow. Not too surprisingly, it destroyed the wood. Hopefully with 3/4" and painted and sealed all around, it will be good.

:cert:

Clark also made a good suggestion regarding kiln dried lumber. If you can get small pieces from a local lumber or building supply house, that stuff is great.

I know around here we've had a run on Ash trees and you can get it for around $4 lf.
Hit it with a good quality exterior primer and paint and you'll be good for years without warping or rotting.
Scott

[island14]

Thanks everyone. Spence, you're right. I will just redo it with regular wood of some sort. I will paint all sides, hoping the paint will protect it. I experimented over the winter with a 3/8" piece but I left the unpainted back side sit in the snow. Not too surprisingly, it destroyed the wood. Hopefully with 3/4" and painted and sealed all around, it will be good.

:cert:

Dip it in melted plastic Barbie Dolls and it should last for years.. :datawiz:


:cert:

[mrvette]

Modern PT wood is not worth a crap, the EPA made them take out all the effective products, the rot is just ASStounding here in Florida....

I put some old engine oil over the top of the replacement wood on my front deck, hopefully I get more than 4 years out of it now....

:issues:

[island14]

EPA will just love you Gene.... :D

[CertInsaneC5]

EPA will just love you Gene.... :D

Bet its the last time he has to "treat" it though. :lol:

[Kerrmudgeon]

EPA will just love you Gene.... :D

Bet its the last time he has to "treat" it though. :lol:

.....unless he slips on it and breaks his hip! :rofl:

[mrvette]

.....unless he slips on it and breaks his hip! :rofl:

I said front deck, in fact it's the overhead trellis that failed, and crashed a while ago, so cut the Jazzmine off and drop the rest of it, and so I rebuilt it slightly different, and painted used oil on the new wood to keep it from rotting out like the first one.....it should help, anyway....

[LATB]

If one is looking for treated lumber as trim work

The product you need to consider is KDAT

Kiln Dried After Treated

I've used quite a lot of it. Available in a few grades. I usually use #1 that is free of knots.

It's is good material for exterior trim in dimensional lumber.

But hell...what do I know? :Jeff '79: :leaving:

[lspencer534]

If one is looking for treated lumber as trim work

The product you need to consider is KDAT

Kiln Dried After Treated

I've used quite a lot of it. Available in a few grades. I usually use #1 that is free of knots.

It's is good material for exterior trim in dimensional lumber.

But hell...what do I know? :Jeff '79: :leaving:

Exactly!

[Sea Six]

If one is looking for treated lumber as trim work

The product you need to consider is KDAT

Kiln Dried After Treated

I've used quite a lot of it. Available in a few grades. I usually use #1 that is free of knots.

It's is good material for exterior trim in dimensional lumber.

But hell...what do I know? :Jeff '79: :leaving:

:seasix:

[LATB]

But hell...what do I know? :Jeff '79: :leaving:

Exactly!

:rofl::rofl:

[DAB]

If one is looking for treated lumber as trim work

The product you need to consider is KDAT

Kiln Dried After Treated

I've used quite a lot of it. Available in a few grades. I usually use #1 that is free of knots.

It's is good material for exterior trim in dimensional lumber.

But hell...what do I know? :Jeff '79: :leaving:

No teak for that mansion? Boo.

[LATB]

No teak for that mansion? Boo.

Actually

At the mansion we are using sinker cypress...African mahogany, and Ipe. :seasix:

The KDAT I use on poor folk homes, like my little 3 bedroom :Jeff '79:

[simpleman68]

Actually

At the mansion we are using sinker cypress...African mahogany, and Ipe. :seasix:

The KDAT I use on poor folk homes, like my little 3 bedroom :Jeff '79:

Ipe is great and super easy to cut and drill too. :dance:
Scott

[LATB]

Ipe is great and super easy to cut and drill too. :dance:
Scott

Yes
Easy :leaving:

[island14]

I said front deck, in fact it's the overhead trellis that failed, and crashed a while ago, so cut the Jazzmine off and drop the rest of it, and so I rebuilt it slightly different, and painted used oil on the new wood to keep it from rotting out like the first one.....it should help, anyway....


Be careful when you step on your deck