I have a shed which is roughly 6m x 3 m and it’s in need of painting or treatment. I have done my fences in Ronseal forest green treatment and it is a lovely colour and brill, however when I’ve come to do the shed the paint soaks straight into the wood and in order to colour is and to notice the treatment on the wood I’m going to have to do around 5 coats.
Is there a paint out there which is going to not soak in or need 5 coats? cause with all due respect I can’t afford that much paint from them, is a paint better than a treatment? Or does it need something under the treatment first to stop it soaking in?
Please help, I’ve inherited a garden which was horrendous when I arrived and now this is the last bit to do as it’s such a big building it’s such an eyesore. If you can’t help can you point me to someone who can. Thank you so much.
Ana
It sounds like the shed has been left untreated for years and, as a consequence, the timber has completely dried out?
As you have found, using a conventional wood stain treatment, the wood will just soak-up everything you throw at it.
Since you already have a finish colour in mind it’s likely you’ll fare better using an opaque finish with a higher solid content such as Cuprinol Garden Shades or Dulux Trade Quick Dry Opaque.
There are no exact colour matches to the Forest Green colour you wanted but there are a few options that are close.
If you are set on the colour and want to match your existing fence panels then Cuprinol do an alternative product called Ducks Back in the same shade, (I’m assuming you were using FenceLife before) with a higher pigment content. It’s not as good as the two alternatives above but a decent half-way solution.
Since you have already applied more than one coating to the wood you won’t need to use a primer.
Reuben
I am doing a canopy made of iroko. I painted the new wood with wood preserver and once dry I started to apply a white stain. I do not like the way the white stain is coming over the golden coloured iroko and thinking of painting with oil based paint. However I read that iroko, since full of natural oil requires some treatment first before it can take such paint.
Darren
I have no experience of painting iroko timber, to pretend I did would’t be doing you a service. Generally speaking though, timbers with a high resin content do cause problems with discolouration of subsequent coatings and this can be mitigated against with aluminium wood primer.
This isn’t a magic fix though since such primers are not moisture vapour permeable or very flexible and require frequent maintenance to keep in good order. In other words, you may need to repaint every couple of years or even less depending on how exposed this canopy is going to be.
Chris
I have painted oak planters with sandtex masonry paint now the oak is starting to bleed through how can I sort this out
Darren
You can stop the oak staining through with an oil or spirit-based primer. The problem you may encounter then is moisture seeping through and causing the paint to bubble and flake off.
No simple solution I’m afraid.
a thomas
can dulux weathershield preservative basecoat be overpainted with acrylic garden paint??
Darren
I wouldn’t recommend it but if the preservative has had a few days to dry out you’ll probably gt away with it?
Josephine
I have had some new garden benches built and they require to be treated/painted., I don’t think the wood is pre treated. Can I use dulux weather shield exterior paint for this or should I use like a decking paint?
Darren
It really depends what kind of finish you want? If it’s a traditional glossy finish, a Weathershield paint system may be ideal.
If you just want a solid colour finish without hiding the grain of the wood then an opaque wood stain such as Cuprinol Garden Shades via amazon.co.uk would be better.