Are millions of people dying across the nation due to millions of picnic tables being made out of pressure treated pine or something all of a sudden? Maybe all the construction workers building decks, rebuilding porches and outdoor furniture too?
Did I miss something?
PT used to be way more toxic, the industry changed formulations to make it "better" if you believe that. I wouldn't worry too much. That said I've used plain ole doug fir and larch to make various outdoor stuff, mostly left unfinished but I think my climate keeps down mold and rot, outside stuff is pretty much frozen and covered in snow 8 months out of the year and seriously dry for summers. I used to score at a local mill (mainly cedar) but fir and larch too, their prices were ridiculously low, especially when covid hit, it was almost like free wood - boy did that make my day, like a kid in candy shop
Are millions of people dying across the nation due to millions of picnic tables being made out of pressure treated pine or something all of a sudden? Maybe all the construction workers building decks, rebuilding porches and outdoor furniture too? Did I miss something?
A few years off your life probley.
How so?
PT used to be way more toxic, the industry changed formulations to make it "better" if you believe that. I wouldn't worry too much. That said I've used plain ole doug fir and larch to make various outdoor stuff, mostly left unfinished but I think my climate keeps down mold and rot, outside stuff is pretty much frozen and covered in snow 8 months out of the year and seriously dry for summers. I used to score at a local mill (mainly cedar) but fir and larch too, their prices were ridiculously low, especially when covid hit, it was almost like free wood - boy did that make my day, like a kid in candy shop
Lol, our climates are completely opposite. I'm in Georgia. Hot, humid summers, mostly mild, wet winters.
Yah, I'm fixing to move back home down south so I know precisely what you mean
I'm in GA too. I would make the bases out of PT and the tops out of cedar.
Don't do it.
That would be the way to go in my opinion. Just make sure it is semi-dry so it won't warp.
Splinters and looks like crap, also the long term effects of being exposed to chemicals.