cedar interior (fish house)

[larryz]

I bought a new Ice Castle with all cedar inside this year. I was planning on putting polyurethane on when the weather warmed up. Now I am getting a lot of people telling me to leave it as is, that cedar doesn't need a finish and that it smells nice. What are your thoughts?

[randerson]

I had a Lodge with cedar interior and was told the sam thing not to put a finish on it it still had that cedar smell and looked good when I sold it after 4.5yrs

[LightningBG]

You shouldn't need to do anything to cedar. Its naturally resistant to moisture.

[larryz]

Thanks for the replies. But will it turn gray like cedar siding on a house?

[jigglestick]

if you leave it out in the sun it would...

unless you have issues with slivers on the cedar I wouldn't mess with it.

[toughguy]

If your fishing buddies are anything like mine the smell of cedar will quickly fade only to be replaced with the smell of farts, B.O., old beer and cigarette smoke.

[Sonicrunch]

farts burn. problem solved

[tonykummrow]

Our house is all cedar trim, the benches and shelves are all made out of cedar. It smells great and looks good. No matter what kind of things happened in their last night cus when you come back the next day Its smelling good again. And the cedar is unfinished.

[alumacraft3]

I also have an ice castle with cedar interior. I havent done anything to it. I bought it in novemeber and it still smells great everytime I walk in. One thing to be careful of that I found out the hard way is point the exhaust of your ice auger away from the wall. Mine was spitting oil out of the exhaust and got on my cedar walls. Definetly getting a battery powered strike master for next year.

[TKOGWEE]

Vapor barrier (ice castle construction) plus vapor barrier (polyurethane) creates a gap between the two that I think will not breath well. I don't know for sure but i think that might make for a place that mold, rot (from moisture) could flourish during the summer storage months. My Ice Castle has tyvec house wrap. I'm not sure of my theory. Any other thoughts?