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Yorky Rank attained: Silver Birch Tree

Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 196
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject: Wood preservative |
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Can anyone recommend a wood preservative that only needs to be applied once? I've been using Lidl water based stain which is a nice colour but it needs redoing evry year or two at the most.
Would an oil-based one be more suitable? |
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Liparis Rank attained: Orchard owner

Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 651 Location: Co. Meath
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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You will be hard pushed to find a preservative you don't have to put on that doesn't need re-doing. An oil-based one might give you a few more years, but you might have to do it again after year three. The more expensive treatments are usually best. The trouble with staining preservative is both the preservative and the staining are being compromised by trying to do two jobs at once, usually biased towards the cosmetics.
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Geranimojess Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 1403 Location: N/W Sligo
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Ah Yorky,If only everything was as simple as that. |
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