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GoneCountry
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2025 05:18pm - Edited by: GoneCountry
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Hello all. I'm adding yellow pine car siding to my mancave walls and would like to finish it with something so it doesn't look like raw unfinished wood. I prefer a product that cleanup just requires soap and water, if possible.....but, I'm also wanting it to look like the picture I've attached. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2025 07:01pm
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For decades Ive been using a diy mix of 50/50 odorless mineral spirits and boiled linseed oil as a basic wood treatment as it can be touched up easily and would make a fine base for any varnish topcoat (but I never have). Goes on easy, no runs or streaks.The mineral spirits evaporate off so you must
be Well Ventilated and No Flames nearby.
My 3/4/5" t&g cherry in my living room got one heavy coat once done 30ish years ago and has not needed another coat.
I pretty much use it as my first coat on my wood projects, especially those I think I might just do a little more work on as it blends right in,
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Fanman
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2025 08:22pm
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I like shellac. Thin and clean up with denatured alcohol, which while not soap and water is still pretty benign, easy to apply, easy to touch up.
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DRP
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2025 08:45pm
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For that amber/yellow oil based look, use an oil based product like the spirits mix or oil based poly, Waterlox, Danish oil for a more matte look. For closer to water white use water based poly, it has the cleanup you desire and a coat an hour if humidity is low.
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GoneCountry
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2025 10:49pm - Edited by: GoneCountry
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DRP, I've been thinking about using oil based poly too since I've heard it will leave a golden finish but wasn't sure how safe it would be for health/air quality indoors...even though it will be applied in a ventilated garage. Wasn't sure about how strong the fumes would be after the siding has cured outside and then been installed inside. However, it's just for a bedroom that's going to be a mancave so I could leave the door shut with the windows open in that particular room for a good while.
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DRP
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2025 01:23am
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I can't say anything is safe or effective but its a very common floor finish. Cleanup is going to be mineral spirits or stronger solvents.
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