Hey fellas, I made this set of doors for my shed earlier this month, and I'm wondering what kind of treatment they need to get to last a long time and not get damaged/rotted/whatever else. The door is made of pressure treated 2x6s. It does not need to be weathertight, I just want it to be durable.

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OP !!yQ6DH7BCDbd Fri Jun 14 17:21:54 2013 No.474247 [Reply] [Original]

Hey fellas,

I made this set of doors for my shed earlier this month, and I'm wondering what kind of treatment they need to get to last a long time and not get damaged/rotted/whatever else.

The door is made of pressure treated 2x6s. It does not need to be weathertight, I just want it to be durable.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 14 17:39:10 2013 No.474251 Paint it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 14 17:40:09 2013 No.474252 They don't look like pressure treated 2x6s to me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 14 19:13:08 2013 No.474273 >>474252 this. they look nice though. I'd stain them a nice dark color with an exterior stain

>>	OP !!yQ6DH7BCDbd Fri Jun 14 22:02:10 2013 No.474372 >>474273 >>474252 Sorry, I was away for a few hours. I ripped them down to a little under 5" wide each to make them uniform width on the door. Exterior stain then? Like in the deck stain section at home depot?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 14 22:45:08 2013 No.474388 >>474247 Should Be ok just pressure treated. I built a fence 9 years ago with just pressure treated, and its still awesome.

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