I have a timber faced house, cedar wood. It has a rough "scalloped" surface similar to decking. For the last 15 years I have used Cuprinol Decorative Wood Preserver, in Country Oak. This darkens it considerably, and protects the timber.
Each treatment has lasted about 5 years. It is now due for another coat, but I can't seem to find this product anywhere.
Can anyone advise on compatible products, the main aim being decorative. A dark colour, even black, is the aim.
Sadolin Classic (or one of the others in their range with more solids if you want something longer lasting).
You can certainly get quite dark colours. I've currently used their Ebony colour which is pretty close to black and doesn't fade towards red as it might with other products.
Sikkens make a similar range of good quality preservatives.
You can find both in B&Q, but it's worth price checking.
Andy Hall wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
I'd second that - I'm ruggish at painting etc, but I've used Sadolin to tosh over external wood, some in pretty awful state, and it was magic.
Rough wire brush after picking of the flaky bits and rotten lumps, slapped it on, 5 yrs later it still looks good ... well, the paint's still ok.
mike
If you are going to wire brush it you might as well use that cheap water based stuff you can get almost everywhere at this time of year. The problem with stuff like sadolin and sikkens is that it gives a surface finish more than a treatment that the timber absorbs the way cuprinol does or did.
I believe any paraffin based preservative will do though there were changes made in the trade after the agent orange scare got probed properly. They took there damned time with that!
"Weatherlawyer" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:
Is it not water based? I cleaned my pads and brushes with soapy water as instructed.
mike
That stuff is totally hopeless and gives a cheap and nasty appearance as well.
Not true. That depends on which product you use.
Sadolin Classic is relatively low in solids and is suitable as an initial coat or replacement coat on existing timber. It certainly soaks in well.
The Supercoat and Extra Durable products contain a higher proportion of solids and are intended to provide a surface finish as well and are used after an initial coat of the Classic product.
This information is clearly on the web site and the product can.
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I think one with more solids would be ideal.
These are both names I'm familiar with, but my decorator (I don't do heights) has suggested Timba Dura:
Any thoughts? Aren't Blackfriar a bit naff?
If you are going to use one of the heavier ones, you may need to coat with one coat of the Classic first, especially if there is any bare wood.
I had always thought of them as a upplier of small tins of special paints for blackboards and that type of thing.
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