Wood Ground Ladders

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Scrape off all the old varnish, being careful not to damage the wood in the process. A piece of straight-edged glass does work well for this, but wear gloves! Sand the wood smooth. Saturate the wood with linseed oil. Depending on the condition of the wood, this may require many applications and lots of oil. Be extremely careful not to burn down your workspace with the linseed oil soaked rags-they will spontaneously combust. Apply several coats of high quality spar varnish as has been mentioned. To me, nothing sets off a classic fire truck like freshly varnished wood ladders.