A Tumbleweeds View of Scrapping

Originally Posted by Patriot76

Just clear caulk. I put on a coat of stain and two coats of marine sealer on the wood before mounting it. Then caulked each joint with an expanding clear caulk.

Patriot A marine sealer will definitely protect the cedar but to make it easier to clean and give the finish a nice depth you could go over the whole thing with about three or four coats of water based floor polyurethane. The stuff is not only very water resistant but tough as nails.
The water base won’t change the color at all like oil base does and each coat will dry in two hours or less.