2006-12-04 15:16:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I'm not sure you have phrased your question correctly, or included all pertinent information. Turpentine is not an ingredient of most wood. It is a natural chemical that can be used to remove paints and varnish. The same paints and varnish can be applied to wood to help it last.
2006-12-04 15:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by stretch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pine trees exude resin. This resin is processed by distillation into a volitile component - turpentine, and a solid component - rosin. Rosin is used on violin bows and used to be used for protecting and caulking wooden boats and as a tar component in road-making. Turpentine is a strong solvent that is nowadays generally replaced by turpentine substitute or white spirit. A pine exuding much resin may be good quality for boat-making (pitch-pine), but pine is not generally regarded as a high quality wood as hardwoods such as oak, mahogany or teak; (Note that at least the last two are generally over-exploited, endangering the forests from which they come.)
2006-12-05 12:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by xavier_hdgd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turpentine is a drying agent in paint and is used for cleaning oil paints and oil base products.It is not a very good preservative.
2006-12-04 15:25:58 · answer #3 · answered by kalusz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quality wood is protected from the weather, and water.
2006-12-04 16:52:20 · answer #4 · answered by T C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. GOOD PRIMER AND QUALITY PAINT WILL MAKE WOOD LAST. IF THE QUALITY IS THE WOOD, MAYBE U SHOULD CONSIDER STAINING SO U CAN MARVEL AT THAT QUALITY WOOD
2006-12-04 15:38:06 · answer #5 · answered by john t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋