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Looking for advice: how do I waterproof wood (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by Jhex@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.world
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So I park my snow blower in the garage and would like the snow residue to melt in place and not go all over.

I built this giant tray with a ramp so I can push the blower on it, that way the snow will stay on the tray.

I will caulk the seams and paint it with some resistant paint but I'll like to either glue a tarp on it, or some other plastic material or perhaps use some special coating so it lasts a few years.

The "floor" of the tray is OSB (aspenite?). Not the best for this is what I had and this project is more of an experiment for me.

Any recommendations?

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

An oil based paint or polyurethane.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And this is enough? there won't be much water (I do take off most before storing the snow blower) but it would be stagnant there until it evaporates, maybe 20 - 24 hours later?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't see why not. If you're really paranoid, there's always marine epoxy...

Ideally you'd install a drain in the corner of this thing that went somewhere. Outside, preferably. If you want your puddle to evaporate faster, point a fan at it. That's what I do when I need to hose off one of my bikes but I have to do it in the garage rather than outside.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

awesome, thanks for the advice