Sanding & Planing Incised Timber

[Dylan T]

Hi all - I took delivery of a bunch of pine sleepers from Travis Perkins to use for my garden beds. The oak option was naturally very expensive at the moment and they also told me that their recent batches have been terrible, so I went with pine. However they're very rough and not as straight as I'd like. They're incised with the green tanilin and they've already mellowed and browned off quite a bit sitting in the sun. But I've heard a couple of people say I shoudn't sand/plane that kind of timber and I'm wondering why and how true that is. Perhaps they think it will remove the protection, but if it's incised it goes pretty much to the center right? And if they're thinking it's because it will look patchy surely that will mellow over time? Curious to hear people's thoughts on this one!

Thanks!

 

[^woody^]

It won't be a problem. Timber treatment is not a surface coating.

 

[Dylan T]

It won't be a problem. Timber treatment is not a surface coating.

Thanks Woody. I owe you several beers by now, as do I'm sure many folks on here!

 

[^woody^]

I'll collect one day on a UK tour