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[QUOTE="sissy, post: 129392, member: 2982"]
I was told by olympic stains and sealers that they recommend at least a month around ponds where fish are concerned and at least 2 weeks curing time for the wood before I seal it or stain it .It will give the wood time to shrink and dry out and then after 2 weeks seal and stain and then to make sure it is 100 % safe give it a month after sealing and staining before installing .Most pressure treated now is treated with a safe chemical .I bought what they call salt treated and even then it shrunk almost an inch in 2 weeks .I am just naturally sealing it .Not sure if all the stain company's are the same .I was also told if I wanted to do a pergola on my back deck to make sure they do not rot or twist to wrap them in another kind of boards .I thought of using the composite wood to wrap them .Wood these days is all new growth trees and not as stable and will twist as it cures and dries out .I got a moisture meter to test the wood for moisture content
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