Best wood preservative for ...

[jal]

Hi all

I've just bought a cheap garden hut - naturally it's made from flimsy-ish wood and pinned together with staples, but it will do me for the job I have in mind (wood storage),

I intend to improve it by strengthening the joints and putting heavier timber into it where appropriate.

I also want to coat it very well in some kind of presevative. I'm after a cosy dark brown look, and I want whatever I use to soak into the wood and weather nicely.

Some of the preservatives I've used in recent years have been disappointing, not really soaking into the wood, and instead forming a friable skin which eventually starts to peel off.

Any suggestions from The Panel? Creosote substitute comes to mind [is it *actually* a substitute - it seems like the real thing to me!] ... but I don't know if I (and the neighbours) would survive the fumes from a whole hut coated in it.

Cheers John

[Joker7]

To restore balance to the world jal wrote in [e-mail]

For a wood store - me beiing a tight fisted git- would use old sump oil.Not brown but will do a great job.

Chris

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John Decide if you want it preserved or if you want a surface coating When you have decided that let me know and I can advise One is quite different from the other Creosote substitute has not dissimilar smell etc to creosote proper but is without the allegedly carcogenic contents Chris George

[jal]

Thanks. Yes, as I said (implied) below, it's preservative I'm after. In my experience preservatives also look good, if you choose the right one, but the choice these days (as with everything) is so wide as to render me helpless, like a rabbit in the headlights. Maybe I'll just go for creosote sub.

John

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John See the link on

you can find by putting in a search on the group for Preservatives

also

seems pretty apposite for your request.

If those data do not cover your shed situation - let me know Chris G

[jal]

Thanks - useful.

John