I would agree to spray it with a mixture of oil and diesal. Hope it works out. Hate that

If you've ever done any woodworking.


There's no difference between oil and diesel and mineral spirits and linseed. Except the price.

Not if you neglect it like this. Those boards look 20 years old.

Please enlighten me to extending the life.

Spray it once a year. Until the 50/50 mixture exceeds the cost of you running to Lowe's and buying enough replacement planks.

Cedar fence is not cheap.

Curious why you would not burn them.

50/50 is.


If you routine it. It'll out last you.




It's a wood finish sealer. One of the best. It's something you soak the base of fence posts.


You don't need the water sealer. At a rounded off price of 5 gallons. $80. Without a word up front. How many times you have to apply it. How long does it last? How long before your lazy butt has to go out there. And spray the damn fence?

You use a quality stain or paint. They don't last long untreated. And when they have weathered that bad bugs will eat them.

Just did that on my utility trailer. I have never seen a borer issue around here but will be also spraying my fence. Less used oil to take to Auto Zone.

There are different types of cedar. I don't think cedar used for fencing is one that is resistant to insects.

I may be wrong but the natural oil is gone when it gets that grey. That fence is cooked

If it’s just five planks, I’d salvage it by coating the holes with wood filler; then 50/50 the entire fence.
With it being Texas/Oklahoma, some sort of high winds will take out a thin privacy fence every ten years or so anyway.

Wood crabs are the worst