Post #328422 by Swanky on Mon, Aug 27, 2007 6:42 AM

I'd soak the base in Wood Hardener. It'll turn the soft wood hard again and it basically is only absorbed by the wood with rot and not the good healthy stuff. And it retaines the properties of wood, like expansion, etc. I can't think of the brand. In a yellow can. Min Wax! Yeah. You wanna stop the rot regardless and strengthen the wood. Then do whatever you see fit to make it stand again.