It states that it will extend life on NON-PRESSURE treated wood. Can (or should) it be used on cuts to pressure treated wood?
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Pressure treated wood should be treated throughout. I would not treat it again. Is there more to your situation that you are not telling us?
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Pressure Treated wood has preservatives throughout the lumber. No need to treat end cuts. Other treated lumber is only dipped and will need more preservative. If the end cut is green your ok, if it looks like standard kiln dried lumber, treat it!
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This product can be used to treat end-cuts. However, Woodlife Copper Coat contains only 1% copper as metal. If you are treating end cuts to comply with Building codes, or to comply with the limited warranty of your pressure treated wood, then you most likely are looking for a end-cut solution that meets AWPA's M4 Standard. If so then you need to select a copper naphthenate solution that contains 2% copper as metal.
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From the first sentence of the Technical Info sheet (can be found on the Rust-Oleum website: "WoodLife® CopperCoat ™ Green Wood Preservative is a multi -purpose, EPA-registered, insecticidal wood preservative designed to protect exterior untreated or pressure-treated wood..."
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yes , it will only help. Pressure treated wood today needs the help. Oil base would be better
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YES, it should be used for cuts. Previous replies are not accurate. Pressure treasting does not go the entire way into wood. It infiltrates, under pressure, from the surface. Woodlife instructions specifically recommend the product for application to all end cuts.
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I used it on a 1/2" thick MDO plywood. By the end of the cut, the friction heat build up was considerable. I think the problem would get worse if the material was thicker or harder. I would estimate for soft woods, up to 1" thick is the limit. Be sure to reverse the work piece and start from the other side when about half way through in order to get a clean cut on the reverse side. I initially used a Makita battery powered drill and I think it was too much for the drill. It went much easier with a heavy duty corded drill.
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Not as far as i know, If your cutting steel i dont think its strong enough, on wood it might hold up ok.
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Yes I cut pressure treated lumber all day long with my cordless makita 18 v saw. It's a good blade and you can't beat the price.
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It can be used on any porous wood surface. I'd wouldn't use it on maple. I wouldn't get this product for any large surface I wanted to use after application. Hardening time is weeks not hours or days. It takes a long time to polymerize because it's not pre-processed. Ultimately, the results are good.
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Jeff: I used mine on a concrete driveway and walk. It did a great job and was easy to use. My pressure washer was about the same size as yours.I do not know how it would do on wood. It is pretty powerful and could damage your wood. Sorry I cannot be more helpful and positive. I love mine and would suggest you get it and try it in a corner of your deck. If it works then use it. If it does not, then scrub your concrete driveway or sell it to someone that can use it. You will be way ahead if it works and not out much if it doesn't and you sell it.Good luck,Bill Jeff: I used mine on a concrete driveway and walk. It did a great job and was easy to use. My pressure washer was about the same size as yours.I do not know how it would do on wood. It is pretty powerful and could damage your wood. Sorry I cannot be more helpful and positive. I love mine and would suggest you get it and try it in a corner of your deck. If it works then use it. If it does not, then scrub your concrete driveway or sell it to someone that can use it. You will be way ahead if it works and not out much if it doesn't and you sell it.Good luck,Bill
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if you visit the web site it will explain what the limits are... and how it may respond to conditions you mention... if the wood is bare and absorbent you can spray it with the life time treatment and forget about it. leave it bare. I have a deck made of rough cut 2x4s untreated that is going on 8 yrs old. all I did was to get the surfaces of the boards wet with the treatment... and so far its great... the sales person I talked to related to me that the treatment merely changes the Ph of the wood
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I use it on all of my wood furniture and wood cabinets, but I don't have any experience w/ wood that has been treated for heat/water resistance. I would think that it would be fine. I started using it when an antiques dealer recommended it to keep wood conditioned and looking good, and I've loved the product ever since.
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The manual says, "For use on bare floors or sealed wood floors." which would indicate that it cannot be used on unsealed wood floors.
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Thats just preservative that they coat the blade with for storage (nobody wants to buy a rusty cutting-tool). It will evaporate or dry up when you use it. You will probably need to scrub the blade with gun-oil or WD-40 every so often anyway, after its been used.
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Pressure treated wood needs to cure for a year (for any stain, not just OTW).
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I can't say because i havn't tried it on wood.but the blade is not made for wood cutting and I use a different saws for wood.
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not to worry, it will wear out, the positive stops, in about 3 years, no replacement. good home saw not good everyday job use saw!
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I use it on my hardwoods and it works great, they don't appear to be any worse for it either. I don't use it more than once maybe every 5 days though because I want to be sure...
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It's made for cutting metal but it will work on wood. You might want to get a blade with less teeth per inch than the fine tooth blades you use for metal cutting.
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Yes, it claims to be safe to use on any wood. I use it on my guitar all the time, it works awesome.
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Don't see why not, I only have used on finished wood. I have not used on raw wood.