exterior operable shutters, coastal NC (hurricane country), hope to use battens of cypress (1″ x 4″ x 48″ average), question for you experts – how to ‘finish’? prefer not to paint or stain (wood is just too damn pretty!), what oil to start with? I expect that it will need reapplication every few years, right?
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If you like the look of the wood naturally graying you can leave them alone, cypress will take the weather just fine.
I dont know if you apply stain that they wont eventually gray anyhow.
Doug