If you have honest to gosh real Redwood Furniture, not the cheapo imitation plain wood painted with a redwood stain, then you know it’s worth your time and effort to repair or restore this outdoor furniture rather than trash it and buy something new.

Here are a few diy redwood restoring and repair tips you can use.

First off, if your redwood furniture is going to be used outdoors, don’t use yellow glue for repairs. This type of glue is not waterproof. When I’m making any repairs to outside furniture, or to anything that will be going outside, I use several products. These might include epoxy or a plastic adhisive resin. You can also use resocinol to make these repairs.

It’s an age old question many serious DIY’ers have thought about more than once. “Am I really saving money when I shop the big box stores?” In days before the big box stores came along, if you needed something for a DIY project, you went to the “lumber yard” or the hardware store. Nowadays, there’s a Big Box store on nearly every corner of large and medium sized cities.

The short and quick answer to this question is; Yes and No.

On many items, you can save a few bucks. But what are you really giving up to save 50 cents on a quart of paint?

I hope you enjoy this blog that I’m building about Do It Yourself (DIY), Home Improvement and Remodeling tips and advice. I’m a Handy Man, former Home Inspector and serious DIY’er ever since I can remember.

I hope to bring you some great DIY tips and advice as well as how-to articles on using power tools and techniques to help you with you remodeling and home improvement projects.

As a former Home Inspector, I’ve seen some really shoddy work by Contractors and DIY’ers. A little advice would have went a long way in helping them do it right.