Pine Tar Siding

Pine tar is for exterior applications and creates a stain like finish.

Pine tar siding.

In this state pine tar has the consistency of molasses and can be used for preserving wood even below grade. Pine tar is made from burning the pine resin out of the stumps of pine trees. Painting the pine over a tarp will catch drips and prevent you from staining anything other than your object. I had heard of the japanese technique called shou sugi ban which is charring the surface of cedar boards to produce a siding that can last 80 100 years.

This couple have found an alternative in an applied pine tar stain. If we use pine tar will the outside of the house be forever sticky. This mixture offers the best of both preservation and nourishment for the wood. Pine tar is an excellent wood preservative and substitute for pressure treated wood.

The sticky resin is then collected and cleaned to various degrees and pigment is added for color. Black brown and red. Painting outdoor pine 1 set up a tarp in a spot with good air circulation. No additional solvents are needed needed.

Use this recipe to thin pine tar with purified organic raw linseed oil. Does it make the wood darker. After doing a bit of research on it i discovered it has no preservative properties other than water repellency and was scheduled to be removed from the eu markets as a preservative having no biocidal or mildewcidal algicidal properties. Above grade we recommend mixing the pine tar 50 50 with allback purified raw linseed oil and applying warm so that the pine tar and oil mixture really penetrates the wood.

We also want to make sure what ever option we are using is ecologically sound and non toxic. Does the pine tar have a strong smell. Or can you suggest any other options. It is available in a light and a dark finish as well as pigmented.

Green will soon be available too. What is your advice. I originally purchased the pine tar as an architecturally correct finish for siding on scandinavian themed homes. Is linseed oil and wax sufficient.

In this state pine tar has the consistency of molasses and can be used for preserving wood even below grade. Ideal for barns and outbuildings wide plank siding decks porches fences fence posts etc. Works well for preserving wood used underground.