Stan, you did a great job with the heart pine at your home. The furniture especially. There is something special about heart pine and even more special with reclaiming it for future generational use. About 12 years ago I was given a piece of heart pine that was reclaimed from a turkey coop that was on a friend's property that had been continuously owned by his family since 1734. The wood had been recycled by an earlier generation from the construction of the original home in 1820. The longleaf had been cut on the property and was estimated to be over 500 years old when cut almost 200 years ago. For Christmas gifts this year for my turkey hunting buddies, I had a call maker incorporate the wood into scratch boxes. The wood was quartersawn and had a ring count of about 16-18 per inch. Heart pine clapboard construction on exterior walls is painted for cosmetic reasons. It doesn't need painting to withstand rot. Gil
That's what I always thought, too, Miller.