So ye. My roof rails on my second-hand car fell apart in a heap of rust and cracking old plastic, but the fittings were in a much more solid plastic. I did some looking around, and replacements were either off-brand or ludicrously expensive, which isn't a huge problem, but I have lots of time and much less money. So I took some pallet oak (at least I'm 98% sure it's oak, it's pretty damn sturdy, anyway) and have made replacement rails that fit and are more or less ready to be mounted now. But first, I figure I need a surface treatment for them.Now, I figure you know what kind of treatment these kinds of things get. Rain, snow, frost (I live in Norway, frost can get fairly severe), the occasional polar bear attack... and since the name of the game is to make it reasonable, keep in mind that while coating it in carbon fiber would probably lend strength it's a bit above what I'm planning to spend at this time...Thus far, my thoughts have included:Boiled linseed oil. I have this, so it's certainly affordable, and it would make the oak look very nice. Apart from that, not sure it has much to recommend it.automotive paint, and laquer. Should be weather proof enough, rattle cans aren't ridiculously pricy. Don't know how well it'd stand up to all the little impacts and friction that might be in the future of this equipment, nor how well it'd adhere to wood.slathering it in epoxy. Main problem is I am having a bit of a time trying to find out where to get epoxy in this stupid country, apart from tiny amounts of 5-min epoxy.Anyone have any super great ideas on this? via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2JSs8k9
