Black Pine Tar Siding

Ideal for barns and outbuildings wide plank siding decks porches fences fence posts etc.

Black pine tar siding.

It is available in a light and a dark finish as well as pigmented. Black pine tar stain is a very old swedish tradition for surface treatment of wooden buildings outdoor wooden structures and wooden boats. Pine tar stain provides fantastic protection for wood in damp or humid climates as well as in dry and sunny areas. Mix pine tar with japan drier boiled linseed oil and turpentine in appropriate quantities and proportions for a traditional varnish.

Pine tar is for exterior applications and creates a stain like finish. Green will soon be available too. To customize the mixture add more pine tar for a darker color or add less for a lighter color. Rinse well and allow to dry.

Above grade we recommend mixing the pine tar 50 50 with allback purified raw linseed oil and applying. 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. Pine tar is made from burning the pine resin out of the stumps of pine trees. But when thinned with the linseed oil which really has no color contribution it goes on like a slightly thick stain.

Apply at least 2 coats. See the recipe shown below. Makes for an amber finish. The pine tar is black it is just very thick like molasses.

Adjust the ratio according to your project. Jd homemade varnish recipe. An old down east deck coating formula used on wooden decks for schooners fishing boats and porch decks. Allow more drying time for the darker mixture.

Clean the surface with linseed oil soap and water to remove dust and dirt from the wood with a brush. 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. Black brown and red. The sticky resin is then collected and cleaned to various degrees and pigment is even added for colour.

Mix 50 with organic raw linseed oil. Also known as artillery or cannonball fungus sphaerobolus it uses internal water pressure to forcefully fire its spores similar to seeds up to 20 feet away the fungus sets its sights on bright areas so that means it will aim for any pale surface that reflects light such as the siding on your house. In this state pine tar has the consistency of molasses and can be used for preserving wood even below grade.