Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?

Or maybe teak oil?
(Is there any real difference between teak oil and Danish oil?)

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Timothy Murphy
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tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

On Dec 4, 12:11*pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?

Or maybe teak oil?
(Is there any real difference between teak oil and Danish oil?)

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

What wood is the door made of. Varnish doesn't work well with oak for
example. Danish oil has driers in it so will be better than teak oil.

Jonathan

Timothy Murphy wrote:

Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?

Or maybe teak oil?
(Is there any real difference between teak oil and Danish oil?)


3rd option - some modern microporous external finish?
--
Tim Watts

Tim Watts wrote:

Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?


3rd option - some modern microporous external finish?

Please elucidate.

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

On Dec 4, 2:37 pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:
Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?
3rd option - some modern microporous external finish?

Please elucidate.

JFGI? microporous exterior finish

Jim K

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:37:15 +0000, Timothy Murphy
wrote:

Tim Watts wrote:

Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?


3rd option - some modern microporous external finish?

Please elucidate.

A decent yacht varnish

Jonathan wrote:

On Dec 4, 12:11 pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?

What wood is the door made of. Varnish doesn't work well with oak for
example. Danish oil has driers in it so will be better than teak oil.

I think it is probably some kind of pine.
It is the original door, 160 years old,
and is very large and heavy (90x42x2.5in).

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

On Dec 4, 5:17*pm, Ericp wrote:
On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:37:15 +0000, Timothy Murphy

wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?

3rd option - some modern microporous external finish?

Please elucidate.

A decent yacht varnish

A generalisation but a valid one. Paint is effective because it is
totally opaque and blocks the UV from getting to the substrate.
Everything else which shows the wood, and hence is translucent to
light and UV, will not survive as long as paint and in deteriorating
will look tatty.

Rob

Timothy Murphy wrote:

Tim Watts wrote:

Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?


3rd option - some modern microporous external finish?

Please elucidate.


gets dictionary


Anyway, something like:

http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/s/SADE/

I've not used that one, but I've used similar Sadolin products in the long
gone past and been very impressed.

--
Tim Watts

Ericp wrote:
On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:37:15 +0000, Timothy Murphy
wrote:

Tim Watts wrote:

Which of these is the best finish for an old wooden front door,
after light sanding?

3rd option - some modern microporous external finish?
Please elucidate.

A decent yacht varnish
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