cougarmeat
Paddler
I apologize for a non-boat question but I’m guessing the same supplies/materials apply. I need to make two masts to put a radio antenna up in the air - just a wire, not big hardware. I plan on using 2 x 3’s - maybe two parallel with a “spacer” - a 2x3 segment (maybe 2 ft long) sandwiched between the 8 foot lengths. I’m envisioning 8 ft 2x3’s running parallel (with a short 2x3 spacer between them) for three segment (24 ft) and the last 8ft 2x3 coming up from the middle of the last two parallel pieces - unless I keep two parallel all the way to the top (four 8ft segments = 32 ft high).
But I am lazy and without skills. What is the easiest way to treat the wood to extend its outdoor life? I’m pretty sure that somewhere along the process I’d paint them flat black to add a little stealth. And I’m guessing that whatever treatment I’d use, I should apply it to each piece before I put them together; rather than treat them after pieces are assembled.
This is one of those things that is so easy to think about and so difficult to actually DO. I justify my procrastination by our continuing below freezing temperatures at night and occasional snowflakes during the week.
This will probably be done outdoors on cheap, plastic saw horses with newspaper underneath to catch drips. I think I’d have to treat 10 pieces of 8 ft 2x3’s
To tie this back to kayaking, it will help me keep in contact with some boating nets (nets = a meeting place at a particular time/frequency. Not a fish catching device)
But I am lazy and without skills. What is the easiest way to treat the wood to extend its outdoor life? I’m pretty sure that somewhere along the process I’d paint them flat black to add a little stealth. And I’m guessing that whatever treatment I’d use, I should apply it to each piece before I put them together; rather than treat them after pieces are assembled.
This is one of those things that is so easy to think about and so difficult to actually DO. I justify my procrastination by our continuing below freezing temperatures at night and occasional snowflakes during the week.
This will probably be done outdoors on cheap, plastic saw horses with newspaper underneath to catch drips. I think I’d have to treat 10 pieces of 8 ft 2x3’s
To tie this back to kayaking, it will help me keep in contact with some boating nets (nets = a meeting place at a particular time/frequency. Not a fish catching device)