ust finished the decking, tanalised timber. What is the best way of
sealing it? Son has fitted his 2 weeks ago and it has all mellowed
ito a nice pine sort of colour . All timber came from same supplier
so mine should change colour in the same way. Not bothered about
staining mine, just sealing and weatherproofing it. Bit confused over
the range of Deck Oil, Deck Treatment, Deck Seal. From Cuprinol,
Ronseal, B&Q own range [fwiw B&Q stuff had the same batch coding as
the Ronseal product and at £10 less for 2.5l ,Is it all made at the
same place? or could the B&Q Stuff be watered down?...ust wondering]

On 7 May 2007 05:52:27 -0700, mused:

ust finished the decking, tanalised timber. What is the best way of
sealing it? Son has fitted his 2 weeks ago and it has all mellowed
ito a nice pine sort of colour . All timber came from same supplier
so mine should change colour in the same way. Not bothered about
staining mine, just sealing and weatherproofing it. Bit confused over
the range of Deck Oil, Deck Treatment, Deck Seal. From Cuprinol,
Ronseal, B&Q own range [fwiw B&Q stuff had the same batch coding as
the Ronseal product and at £10 less for 2.5l ,Is it all made at the
same place? or could the B&Q Stuff be watered down?...ust wondering]

Your J key is broken.
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Regards,
Stuart.

wrote:
ust finished the decking, tanalised timber. What is the best way of
sealing it? Son has fitted his 2 weeks ago and it has all mellowed
ito a nice pine sort of colour . All timber came from same supplier
so mine should change colour in the same way. Not bothered about
staining mine, just sealing and weatherproofing it. Bit confused over
the range of Deck Oil, Deck Treatment, Deck Seal. From Cuprinol,
Ronseal, B&Q own range [fwiw B&Q stuff had the same batch coding as
the Ronseal product and at £10 less for 2.5l ,Is it all made at the
same place? or could the B&Q Stuff be watered down?...ust wondering]

Don't do anything for a week or so. The colour will even out & mellow and
the green residue from the tanalising will go away.

I prefer decking oil myself. Last one I used was B&Q which seemed fine, and
as you say much cheaper.

Oh - here are a few j's for you. JJJJJ jjjjj.

HTH


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On May 7, 4:43 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
wrote:
ust finished the decking, tanalised timber. What is the best way of
sealing it? Son has fitted his 2 weeks ago and it has all mellowed
ito a nice pine sort of colour . All timber came from same supplier
so mine should change colour in the same way. Not bothered about
staining mine, just sealing and weatherproofing it. Bit confused over
the range of Deck Oil, Deck Treatment, Deck Seal. From Cuprinol,
Ronseal, B&Q own range [fwiw B&Q stuff had the same batch coding as
the Ronseal product and at £10 less for 2.5l ,Is it all made at the
same place? or could the B&Q Stuff be watered down?...ust wondering]

Don't do anything for a week or so. The colour will even out & mellow and
the green residue from the tanalising will go away.

I prefer decking oil myself. Last one I used was B&Q which seemed fine, and
as you say much cheaper.

Oh - here are a few j's for you. JJJJJ jjjjj.

HTH

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Dave
The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

Thanks for the j's!!!! I have jjjjjust fiited them Oh, and ta for
the info about the oil

Thanks for the j's!!!! I have jjjjjust fiited them Oh, and ta for
the info about the oil


My key's totally ucked !!!

woodglass

On May 7, 1:52 pm, wrote:
ust finished the decking, tanalised timber. What is the best way of
sealing it? Son has fitted his 2 weeks ago and it has all mellowed
ito a nice pine sort of colour . All timber came from same supplier
so mine should change colour in the same way. Not bothered about
staining mine, just sealing and weatherproofing it. Bit confused over
the range of Deck Oil, Deck Treatment, Deck Seal. From Cuprinol,
Ronseal, B&Q own range [fwiw B&Q stuff had the same batch coding as
the Ronseal product and at £10 less for 2.5l ,Is it all made at the
same place? or could the B&Q Stuff be watered down?...ust wondering]

Hi,

How do you want it to look after 5 years?

cheers,
Pete.

How do you want it to look after 5 years?

cheers,
Pete.


I'd ideally like it to look as good as it does now. Obviously I will
have to give it a new coat every year or so. Do you not think that
the B&Q stuff is up to it? Is there something else that is
better? As I said originally I do not wish to stain it, merely to
protect it from the elements. Thanks

On May 8, 9:37 pm, wrote:
How do you want it to look after 5 years?

cheers,
Pete.

I'd ideally like it to look as good as it does now. Obviously I will
have to give it a new coat every year or so. Do you not think that
the B&Q stuff is up to it? Is there something else that is
better? As I said originally I do not wish to stain it, merely to
protect it from the elements. Thanks

Hi,

I've used 2 coats of 'Sikkens Cetol HLS' on my decking, it's still
fine after a couple of years.

They do a 'pine' shade which should give the least colour change, I
used 'teak' which looks reasonably good. It's a little glossy when
applied to smooth timber but weathers to a matt finish.

I doubt that B&Q do it, a good timber merchant might. I bought mine
from 'Decorating Direct' on the web, though shipping is extra for
small orders their prices are fairly good which helps make up for it.

After a wet winter and long dry sunny spell I've recently noticed a
small amount of 'surface splitting' where the top of the wood dries
out faster than the wood underneath. I might try to minimise this by
using some cheap stain or varnish on the *back* of the decking planks
to help stop them absorbing so much water over the winter.

cheers,
Pete.

wrote:
How do you want it to look after 5 years?

cheers,
Pete.


I'd ideally like it to look as good as it does now. Obviously I will
have to give it a new coat every year or so. Do you not think that
the B&Q stuff is up to it? Is there something else that is
better? As I said originally I do not wish to stain it, merely to
protect it from the elements. Thanks

Pretty much what decking oil does. It also soaks into the surface so the
splitting mentioned by Pete C is reduced - my deck built in June 2000 shows
no signs of it.

No great colour change, apart from the fact that you have applied
'something'. IOW no pigments.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257