Cedar Weatherboards from the 60s - need some replacement soakers

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#285694 10-May-2021 17:41

I've got a 1960s cedar weatherboard house with a profile that is now not standard. I need to replace some soakers so looking at 150mm x 9mm (return) but all I can find is galvanised. I only need about 5 or 6 so don't want to go pestering a special order. Is there a paint I can put on the galvanised ones to protect them from the acids from the cedar as I can't find stainless steel or copper that are not special order.

Anyone done this before and know what I should use?

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Chris

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#2705700 10-May-2021 17:54

Anzor have copper corner soakers for 150mm & 200mm weatherboards x 13mm. How different are your requirements? Could those be trimmed?

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#2705726 10-May-2021 18:47

Are your cedar weatherboards painted? If so you could do what I did, I got galv, painted and filled the weatherboard, put the soakers on, then primed and painted. So far it seems to have worked well. I just have the L shaped ones, not corner ones, got them from Placemakers.

If they're not painted you could I guess find something to paint just that tiny part of the weatherboard before putting galv on.

Have a look at this thread too.

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#2705764 10-May-2021 20:45

timmmay:

Are your cedar weatherboards painted? If so you could do what I did, I got galv, painted and filled the weatherboard, put the soakers on, then primed and painted. So far it seems to have worked well. I just have the L shaped ones, not corner ones, got them from Placemakers.

If they're not painted you could I guess find something to paint just that tiny part of the weatherboard before putting galv on.

Have a look at this thread too.

Yep they're painted. I've read your thread but I wasn't sure how they would last. The plan was to fill the joint with a flexible filler and then use the soaker over the top so I might do your approach unless someone has a better idea :-)

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#2705770 10-May-2021 21:02

I did mine a couple of years ago. I painted, filled, it cracked again. So I filled, put the soaker over, filled the edges with no more gaps weatherboard, metal primer, and painted. So far they've lasted well.

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#2705786 10-May-2021 21:47

cool sounds like a cheap and effective approach. I'll grab some soakers from bunnings as I need the 9mm return and try that! Appreciate it!

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#2705810 11-May-2021 07:03

Placemakers had a different range of products / stock when I was looking.