Wood

In the Wood section we blog about the use of our range of wood finishing products, including the use of some of our most popular products such as our Wood Stain and Danish Oil.

We discuss repairing and restoring wood used indoors and outdoors; so if you have garden furniture too you're looking to restore our Teak Oil is a great choice.

What is Tung Oil

Jessica Barron 02 Mar 2021 0

What is Tung Oil and why do we use it? Let's jump straight in, what is Tung Oil? Tung Oil is a hard wearing, naturally derived oil, extracted from the seed of the tung tree, and so is completely free from additives making it non-toxic and safe to use in all environments and on a variety of items.As well as being highly resistant to water, Tung Oil helps to prevent drying and deterioration of wood...

Water Based Wood Stains

Jessica Barron 14 Jan 2021 0

What are water based wood stains?As well as providing a beautiful colour to the wood, a Wood Stain is designed to protect the surface from the elements, enhance the natural beauty and grain of the wood, and expand its lifespan.Choosing the best wood stain for your project depends on the item you are working on and the type of finish you require.In this guide, we will focus on water-based wood stai...

How To Apply Danish Oil

Jessica Barron 11 Jan 2021 0

How to use Danish Oil Today's blog is all about Danish Oil; how to use it and how to apply it.Step 1 – Clean the woodBefore applying the Danish Oil, it is important to properly clean the wood and remove any old finishes. This will ensure the oil is fully absorbed, creating an even and an attractive, natural, satin finish.To clean the wood, we recommend using a specialist Wood Cleaner.Our Wood Clea...

Teak Oil Vs Danish Oil

Ben Staerck 31 Dec 2020 0

What’s the difference between Teak Oil and Danish Oil? They are both wood oils designed to soak in, protect, and enhance wooden surfaces. They both work on indoor wood such as furniture, flooring and cabinetry and they also both work on outdoor wood such as garden furniture.There are still differences between these two wood oils, which we’ll explore in more detail below, but to keep things super e...

Raw vs Boiled Linseed Oil

Ben Staerck 21 Dec 2020 0

The beaker on the left contains Raw Linseed Oil and the beaker on the right contains Boiled Linseed Oil.What is linseed Oil? Linseed oil is obtained from the seed of the linseed–flax plant and is one of the most useful, and most popular natural finishing oils in the world.It has been used for hundreds of years for the protection and maintenance of interior and exterior wood, and is often used as a...

What Is Teak Oil?

Jessica Barron 18 Dec 2020 0

Teak Oil provides many benefits to wood and is a popular choice for wood finishing. We recommend Teak Oil for Garden Furniture, as this is where it performs its best. What is Teak Oil?Teak Oil is a wood finishing oil used to protect and nourish wood. It penetrates deep into the grain of the wood to create a long lasting, hard wearing finish that protects the wood and enhances its beauty.Our Teak ...

Dark Oak & Light Oak Wood Stains

Jessica Barron 01 Dec 2020 0

Our different types of Oak Wood Stain Our Wood Stains can be used on all different types of wood to stain them any colour. In this article we will look at our range of Oak Wood Stains and how you can use them to stain any wood to look like oak.You could also use our Oak Wood Stain to stain oak; to enhance the colour of the wood.When using a paint to colour wood, you risk hiding the natural grain. ...

Pine Wood Stain

Ben Staerck 30 Nov 2020 0

A look at Pine Wood Stain In this blog post we will look at our Pine Wood Stain and how it looks when applied to wood, and also how to stain pine (the type of wood).You see ‘pine’ is not just a colour of Wood Stain, but also a type of wood that can be stained, and so I feel it is important to cover all options in this post. We will look at:Applying Pine Wood Stain onto pine.Applying Wood Stain (in...

What is Danish Oil

Ben Staerck 28 Nov 2020 0

Danish Oil provides many benefits to wood and so is a popular choice for wood finishing. In this article we discuss the history of Danish Oil, how it's made, the ingredients used and common applications of Danish Oil around the home.What is Danish Oil?Danish Oil is a wood finishing oil used to protect and nourish wood from the inside. There are many different types of Danish Oil available; that’s ...

Teak Oil For Garden Furniture

Ben Staerck 28 Nov 2020 0

Why Teak Oil is the best oil for garden furnitureTeak Oil soaks deep into the wood to protect and nourish it from within. This is important for garden furniture as the teak oil will stop it from getting damaged by the rain, and because it doesn’t form a coating (like a paint would) it cannot chip, flake or peel off.Garden furniture, particularly teak garden furniture, fades in time and starts to l...

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