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Staining a BGE Table

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smokeystover
smokeystover Posts: 68
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Planning to buy my first BGE next month, so I'm starting to get things ready by acquiring a table for it.

This is a cypress table for a Large BGE, and will live outdoors on a covered patio. I'm planning to stain it, then seal it with spar urethane.

My question is whether it would be better to use a water based stain or an oil based stain.

Any suggestions from people who understand wood better than I do
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  • Ripnem
    Ripnem Posts: 5,511
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    Just don't mix a water base stain with an oil base finish. Or Vise-versa. ;)

    Cypress will be perfectly fine.
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
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    Oil.
    Cypress looks great with just a urethane finish, so unless you are after a dark color, you need not stain it at all B)
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    P4060004 by Capt Frank1, on Flickr
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    P4060003 by Capt Frank1, on Flickr
    This table is cypress with three coats of MinWax "Helmsman" brand marine grade urethane in a satin finish, available at most Hardwares and Big Box stores for about $15qt
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
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    If your post suddenly disappears, the moderators may move it to the Egg Table Forum :)
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  • smokeystover
    smokeystover Posts: 68
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    Thanks, Capt. Frank.
    Your table looks really great, but I would like mine a bit darker.

    Typical newbie, I forgot there was a separate forum for tables! :blink:
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
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    Smokey, you are quite welcome. :)
    Whereabouts in SW Ohio? My wife [we were just married last summer] has a home in North Bend, just off rte #50, the cart in the pics is there. :cheer:
    That's why I am [sometimes Cincinnati] in my signature line.
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  • smokeystover
    smokeystover Posts: 68
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    North Bend is a nice area. I'm about 25 miles east, in Clermont County.
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  • Indiana Egghead
    Indiana Egghead Posts: 26
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    If you want to stain it, I recommend an oil based stain. I built my table out of premium treated lumber because no lumber yard in my area has cypress wood. I used Behr Premium Deck, Fence & Siding Weatherproofing Stain in semi-transparent finish ($35/gal. @ Home Depot). The color was Light Sage #DP-527. I picked this color because it's the same color as our pergola on our patio. I topcoated the top surface and the lower shelf surface with exterior polyurethane (min.of 2 coats.) The table shines like a mirror and water beads up like a just-waxed car. I do keep my BGE & table covered with the Big Green Egg premium cover, though, for even added protection. The stain is expensive but it's a great product and you get what you pay for! However, if I could have found cypress wood I probably would have used a clear coat just so the beauty of the cypress would show through.
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  • Grillin & Chillin
    Grillin & Chillin Posts: 733
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    Sweet! Where did you get the wheels? Never seen those, nice touch.
    BGE'er since 1996 Large BGE 1996, Small BGE 1996, Mini BGE 1997
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