| The first two images are of weathered pallet wood which are wonderfully shaded a rich silver color. Age 10 years, was used for a fence. |
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| The next example is what a used creosoted Oak Rail Tie would look like sun weathered as in a post or structure. This one has been a post about 20 years, and was old when pulled by the Mopac years ago. |
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| The next image is of a powerpole after 15 years in the ground. This pole wasn't creosoted because it's illegal now/then. |
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| This is weathered rough sawed oak. It's about 12 years old used as a deck floor. I also included a knot image of a different board. Lots of buildings were made from this lumber in the midwest years ago. It gets very hard and after several years you need to drill a hole to drive a nail. Even deck screws will twist off if you try to run them without a pilot hole. |
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