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We’ve been doing some garden stuff, we built a big pergola, about to build a deck and have will be having a new fence put up. And eventually a shed.
Is there anything we can put on said wooden things to preserve them successfully and keep their new colour without fading & greying?
I plan to oil the deck (recommendations for oil?) and wondering if I can use the same on everything else?
It’s all standard soft wood, nothing fancy.
Cheers 🙂
Osmo decking oil. Protects against UV light which is what causes greying. Not cheap, but good! Paint some clear wood protector on the decking and framework cut ends too. I also painted the buried post parts with bitumen paint, for extra protection and peace of mind.
I use Liberon decking oil, cheaper, easier to apply but still darkens the timber with resist a. Whatever you do don't use decking stain, it'll flake and then look really patchy when you repaint.
Aye, saving stain is shite.
Liberon is very good, but does darken the wood a little, I've had good results with cuprinol too, surprisingly.
I've got screwfix own brand no nonsense to try on the newly built summer house deck, see how it fares.
Yeah, I'd use it on the pergola too. Weathered tantalize looks shit IMHO.
I've used the screwfix no nonsense decking oil on a lot of garden wood and it's been pretty good. Goes on very easily and soaks in well. Pine coloured doesn't darken the pine too much. Has protected smooth pine (gates, decking uprights) and rough wood (panels, posts) well. Needs re-doing every 2 years I'd say.
Not sure how long lasting it would be on a heavily trodden surface.
I once asked on here what do you treat your decking with and got the answer 'disdain' 😛
For years I've used the Screwfix No Nonsense Decking Oil. Half the price of other brands but for the decking at my place it was still £100 worth of oil. And needed doing every year.
This spring during lockdown couldn't get the Screwfix stuff and everything else was silly money. I found this decking oil from Rye Oil. I bought 25 litres and used under half. It does seem to really soak in but if you over saturate it does 'pool' for a week or two. It does darken the decking somewhat but that doesn't bother me. Decking looks happy and I'm optimistic I won't have to oil the deck every year...
Excellent thanks, looks like I’m on the right track with oil then.
I’ve ordered a couple of Osmo tester pots but the other cheaper options appeal, especially a big tub of that Rye oil.
I also painted the buried post parts with bitumen paint, for extra protection and peace of mind.
I didn’t think of this until after we’d concrete in 4 x 150mm posts. I did paint around the posts at ground level though with some old bitumen roof paint, which must be better than nothing.