Rod wrote:
John wrote:
Just bought a set of garage doors from ebay
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5wn987 (not exactly those - ours have no
windows) and I've got to say, they're very good. I couldn't even buy
the wood round here to make them myself for ?49 and to be honest,
I'd probably cock it up anyway. I like to work (read mess about)
with wood but I'm just not very good at it (

Anyway, we fancy just staining and varnishing them rather than
painting, but would that provide adequate protection? I know that if
we were going to paint them, we'd start off with knotting, primer,
undercoat and finally exterior gloss, but what's the procedure when
you just want to keep the look of the wood?

TIA

John



Recently someone posted about Sikkens being good stuff. So I have used
it on our shed door. Only a few weeks of experience (not exactly a
durability study), but it was nice to use and *seems* to have
produced a lovely smooth, tough coat. (Despite the door having become
a bit sad over the last couple of years.)

Their varnish-like products do have a pigment in them - so you have to
choose a colour. But you do still see the full grain. The claim seems
to be that the pigment (iron oxides, IIRC) actually provides a huge
part of the protection.

http://www.sikkens.co.uk/en/Sikkens+Home+Page.htm

Not cheap but very good coverage. Bought from Jewsons - I smiled
nicely at the young saleslady and the price became competitive.

Cheers Rod, I'll give it a coat of looking at )

John