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jandajoy

I love that shaggy shuggy shed. Looks great.

Nawty

The shaggy latest....



and the Plantation mascot...

shunpike

Nawty! That place looks great..love the wood, the rocks, the hairy roof. The loft kicks ass too. Excellent place, congrats..

jaiyenyen

Nawty, that place is the mutts nutts. This has been a fantastic thread, just like reading a National Geograpic and DIY magazine at the same time. Thank's.

Rural Surin

Quite inspirational DIY, Nawty. Well done!

helge

Very interesting and good pics and narrating.
I am not sure you can get 'the wet look' to your stonework.
I guess all kids have picked up a beautifull stone at the beach, and dragged it home to the parents, who immidiatly threw the dried up pearl away.

Varnish wouldn't be worth it, I guess

Smithson

Nawty, the place looks great, congrats. Will you stick with shaggy or have a trim? Both look good I reckon.

I haven't read the whole thread, but the post above refers to a wet look on stone, this is from Wiki:

"As the penetrating power of tung oil is excellent and it will adhere to porous minerals, it is often the “secret” ingredient that traditional stonemasons apply to granite or marble that is destined to serve duty in kitchens, bathrooms and other staining fluid environments. Applied at a 1:5 ratio (oil to naphtha), it seals the surfaces permanently, while also giving a finish like that of wet stone to the product. Often several thin layers are applied at the high solvent-to-oil ratio, in order to build up the durability and permanence of the coating.

DrAndy

hooray, looking great

Nawty

Thanks guys.....I like it also, some rough spots, but they can be polished out hopefully.

Smithson.....as for the shaggy or trimmed look, going for inbetween, I like both also, so going to just trim the real daggy bits that are hanging and leave it all still a little shaggy, just neater.

Still got the stone floors to put in.

I trialed 'Topcoate' on the stone and it does give it the wet look and seals it nice, but it is a chemical.

I did try some tung on the slate stone and it did not dry, basically stayed wet and wiped off after a week or so. But I did not try it as a mix while increasing the ratio with each coat, just used the staright oil and I did not try it on the river stone, which is more porous. So might give it a trial in an area and see how it works.

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Twocam

Love it! Outdoor living is great and you seem to have captured a great mix.