Post #267827 by Sophista-tiki on Mon, Nov 20, 2006 6:51 AM

The perpetual mold problem. I keep my bar outside all winter on my deck. Even though its not very fancy, I made it. I still get some mold problem every winter. So in the spring I just sand it down and fix it up again. A bleach solution will kill the mold. then make sure its really dried out and in a warm place, after the cleaning and drying process I suppose you could wrap it up good and put it back in the shed. I would wait to re varnish until it gets a little dryer. so far this fall has been pretty wet here, at least there's no flooding at my house.
Marine spar varnish is pretty much the best thing for Seattle, sometimes I have to put on about 8 coats. I used a spar varnish that is for bar tops and counter tops when I made my kitchen counter top. I varnished over grass mat wallpaper. only up to 5 coats so far but its completely waterproof. Hope this helps, Ive been dealing with this Seattle dampness for about 18 yrs now and have lost some really cool stuff because i didn't take care of it properly

[ Edited by: Sophista-tiki 2006-11-20 06:53 ]