How to Fix Wood Rot 4 of 4

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Carter reveals an amazing wood fortifier product and a two-part wood epoxy that can be sanded, stained, and painted.

After the fortifier and epoxy are cured, you can shape them and completely restore rotted wood.

Rotted wood railings, rotted window sills, rotted decking boards, rotted siding can all be repaired with these magical products.

[askthebuilder]

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[enochpage]

Miss you, Tim. You were one of the first and always were the best. Ron Hazelton is ok, but honestly can’t compare to your detailed, comprehensive, elegant, and economical solutions to building maintenance and repair. One knows when one sits at the feet of a master. I’m no longer a homeowner; I now repair my sister’s home.

[MyMike]

Thank so much for the helpful DIY window repair series! Ordered the materials and doing this for my stuccco'd house w/ 96 yo wood sills that are in the same shape. Feel confident I can accomplish this after watching. The tips are quite helpful as well - especially the drip kerf!

[bernadettepesce]

Thank you for the info about the drip kerf...I have a 76-year old house with wood windows.

[NMIBUBBLE]

I think i'd fix the window sill first then the concrete underneath it and make it water proof so it doesn't go inside the home, fix it right the first time and you won't have to do it again, that's how i was brought up, doesn't matter what your doing, that saying applies to everything.

[davidbuche]

I purchased the Arbatron epoxy products in the late 90's and used them on a front door sill with southern exposure. I used glazing compound thinned with linseed oil on the window sills that had the same southern exposure. Both solutions did ok for about a decade but the oily glazing compound has held up better after 25 years. The door and windows have roughly the same height. Just one data point. At this point the door sill needs to be completely replaced. We are putting in a white oak door sill next week.

[Delmar]

Thank you for making this. Watched all the 4 videos. They are were very helpful.

[ROFLpwNz]

Learnt something new today, drip kerf.

[mireckca]

Thank you for the four part series. I am living in a 120 year old house and have this very issue to deal with. I am a rookie and so have to ask about the next step. Do you just sand it down to prepare the new surface for painting? If so, what are the options for sanding (?grit).

[johnmartin]

If the repair gets direct sunlight, the continual expansion and contraction of the wood will gradually cause the filler to detach from the wood . The same thing happens with oil based paint films. It doesn't seem to happen with linseed oil putty for some reason.

[ChloeBensonBeautyBoxes]

Thanks for sharing this. I will put this to good use.

[briancuprisin]

Tim, would this work on small patches of water-damaged wood siding?

[tailzzzzz]

You mention liquid petrifier at the beginning. Do you use both a liquid petrifier as a seal and then apply the paste? I'm confused. Thanks.

[alive-awake]

All the wood on the top of my pergola looks like that. What would be a good temporary fix? The pergola is 25 ft by 10 ft. I'm afraid paint would just go down the cracks and take gallons and gallons.

[poloandrade]

Excellent but it would be nice to let viewers know what brand of epoxy to use

[SecretofSquare]

Excellent video! Exactly what I needed and will be using your links in the description! Quick question... I assume you sanded the entire area of that window sill before doing any work? And if so, was it a very thorough sand or just a quick light sand? Thanks!

[pyramidbuilder]

You are a Star! Thanks for the tutorial :)

[BillStreeter]

I'd like to see what this looks like when it's all finished.

[rockrabbitt]

So very smooth English to my ears made in Japan ^_^
Where are you from? May I ask?

[FDSUPERTOMCAT]

Still replying after 6 years. I salute you gramps 😎