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What do you guys reccommend for water proofing wood??

That depends on whether or not you actually mean "waterproofing" it, making it able to hold water, as in a wooden aquarium.

Since you're asking this in the "Monitor" forum I'll assume you mean to make it water resistant, which is usually all that's required for a monitor's cage.

There are several different things you could use but a lot of people in the "Cage & Habitat" section here say that a water-based poly is the easiest to use and works good.

Wish I could tell ya from experience but time just hasn't permitted me, yet. I've had all my cage-building materials for over a month now but no time to git 'er done.

Have a good one!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

“Since you're asking this in the "Monitor" forum I'll assume you mean to make it water resistant, which is usually all that's required for a monitor's cage.”

A monitor cage is also required to resist damage from monitors’ claws. If claws can scratch right through whatever stuff is supposed to be “water resistant”, that kind of defeats the purpose.

Water-based poly often won’t hold up very well to monitors’ claws. I think the correct answer here is to laminate the floor and walls with FRP.

If one was actually trying to make a wooden box hold water, then a few coats of DryLok might do the trick.

Neal,
Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm not tryin' to be a Mr Smarty Britches or anything close to it.

I honestly thought about saying something about FRP but in an effort to be short & to the point I chose not to. I have a bad habit of getting into too many details sometimes, dragging out replies. Sometimes it takes me 5 minutes to tell a 2-minute story. LOL!

When replying I thought about the fact that they asked how to protect the wood from water, not claws. Not knowing where the wood is to be used played a part in my decision to leave FRP out, too.

But in all honesty, you're right in mentioning what I probably should have.

Have a good one!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

FRP hands down.