Black Pine Tar Siding

The pine tar is black it is just very thick like molasses.

Black pine tar siding.

Ideal for barns and outbuildings wide plank siding decks porches fences fence posts etc. To customize the mixture add more pine tar for a darker color or add less for a lighter color. Mix 50 with organic raw linseed oil. Jd homemade varnish recipe.

It is available in a light and a dark finish as well as pigmented. Adjust the ratio according to your project. Mix pine tar with japan drier boiled linseed oil and turpentine in appropriate quantities and proportions for a traditional varnish. Pine tar stain provides fantastic protection for wood in damp or humid climates as well as in dry and sunny areas.

Allow more drying time for the darker mixture. An old down east deck coating formula used on wooden decks for schooners fishing boats and porch decks. Above grade we recommend mixing the pine tar 50 50 with allback purified raw linseed oil and applying. Makes for an amber finish.

Black pine tar stain is a very old swedish tradition for surface treatment of wooden buildings outdoor wooden structures and wooden boats. Pine tar is for exterior applications and creates a stain like finish. The sticky resin is then collected and cleaned to various degrees and pigment is even added for colour. Apply black pine tar to new untreated wood or to wood that was formerly treated with pine tar or distemper paints such as falun paint.

Apply at least 2 coats. Use a stiff bristle brush as large as possible to massage the pine tar mixture into the wood and to cover a large area at a time. See the recipe shown below. But when thinned with the linseed oil which really has no color contribution it goes on like a slightly thick stain.

For the soffits we used 50 50 natural pine tar with purified linseed oil. Rinse well and allow to dry. Black brown and red. It s hard to see shotgun fungus itself because it s only 2 millimeters wide.

Clean the surface with linseed oil soap and water to remove dust and dirt from the wood with a brush. Green will soon be available too. Apply warm if possible and onto a warm surface for better penetration and longer term results.