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Don7025 | Posted in Green Products and Materials on May 28, 2023 08:41am

How to keep T1-11 from turning gray without painting.

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DCcontrarian | May 28, 2023 08:51am | #1
It's the action of UV light that turns it gray, you have to have some sort of UV barrier. By "without painting" do you mean just paint? Because opaque stain would be the obvious alternative. There are clear finishes that have UV blockers.

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