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fatlazyless · 04-26-2013, 07:59 AM

Cabot's Australian timber wood stain, available at Middleton Lumber in Meredith is a product specifically designed for outdoor hardwood decks and furniture which definitely includes mahogany. Mahogany LOVES this stuff! It is expensive, comes in about four colors, quarts or gallons, and is pretty easy to get some real easy and good results. It only needs one coat applied with a brush, not a roller, and it's best to apply it sparingly, and yes, it is an oil-based product as opposed to latex so's u need some paint thinner too for cleaning up and occasionally washing the brush.

Before applying this stain, u get better results if u first kill all the mildew-mold by spraying it down with a bleach & water solution using a cheapie one-gallon garden sprayer and then just let it dry out for one sunny day.

Maybe the Town of Meredith could go get a big can of Australian timber wood stain and go hit all that mahogany walking deck all along the Meredith town docks because it sure could use it and would make that 250-yard long, waterfront walking deckway look a lot nicer!

04-26-2013, 07:59 AM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,754 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	Cabot's Australian timber wood stain, available at Middleton Lumber in Meredith is a product specifically designed for outdoor hardwood decks and furniture which definitely includes mahogany. Mahogany LOVES this stuff! It is expensive, comes in about four colors, quarts or gallons, and is pretty easy to get some real easy and good results. It only needs one coat applied with a brush, not a roller, and it's best to apply it sparingly, and yes, it is an oil-based product as opposed to latex so's u need some paint thinner too for cleaning up and occasionally washing the brush. Before applying this stain, u get better results if u first kill all the mildew-mold by spraying it down with a bleach & water solution using a cheapie one-gallon garden sprayer and then just let it dry out for one sunny day. Maybe the Town of Meredith could go get a big can of Australian timber wood stain and go hit all that mahogany walking deck all along the Meredith town docks because it sure could use it and would make that 250-yard long, waterfront walking deckway look a lot nicer! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!