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Help on the Web

Here are a number of sites we have found useful.

Decayed wood:

Restoring wood with epoxyleave site An article from Fine Homebuilding magazine
Use of epoxy consolidants and fillers before paintingleave site
 Wood rot repairleave site

Painting

Proper siding preparationleave site
Why is my paint peelingleave site
Why exterior finishes failleave site [Opens as a PDF document]
Exterior paint problemsleave site
Exterior paint problems on historic woodworkleave site (National Park Service)
Using a water sealer/preservative before primingleave site
Painting pressure treated wood

Windows

Repairing old windowsleave site
Repairing old windowsleave site (National Park Service)
Tips on Window Repairleave site
Advanced Repair Technology Glaze-Ease 601 videoleave site
Aqua Glaze videosleave site
Weather strippingleave site

Wood

Wood Myths: Facts and Fictions About Wood, Univ Massachusettsleave site

Other sources of information:

John Leeke's Historic HomeWorksleave site
Ian Evan’s World of Old Housesleave site
Hammerzone - Good how to construction informationleave site
Handyman - Good how to articlesleave site
Finding the history in your homeleave site

Products:
Epoxy fillers and consolidants

Abatron's LiquidWood and WoodEpoxleave site
Rot Doctor's Penetrating Epoxy and FILL-IT™ Epoxy Fillerleave site

Painting and paint removal

Silent Paint Removerleave site

American International Tools Paint Shaver Proleave site

Zinsser Peel Stopleave site
   flexible bridging sealer for surfaces where peeling, flaking, dusting
   or chalking is a problem
KILZ Hammerite Rust Capleave site
   bonds to new or rusted galvanized metal, aluminum, tin and other
   smooth metal surfaces
Removing mildew from surfacesleave site—Wet and Forget Commercial Product

Roof repair and roof painting

Preservation Productsleave site
Calbar Roof Paint/Penn Valley Paintleave site

Stainless steel fasteners

Manasquan Premium Fastenersleave site

Windows

Glazing compounds: Aqua Glaze1leave site, Aqua Glaze2leave site, and Glaze-Ease 601leave site
Weather stripping is available from Kilian Hardware or HardwareHut.


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