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30th November 2015, 05:53 PM #1Skwair2rownd
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Poang chairs
Some of you may know these chairs from IKEA,They are made with bent, laminated frames.
Mine are getting on and I am sanding them back and doing some re-gluing here and there.
What would people recommend as a finish as they will be outdoors. The wife wants me to use
some decking finish we have but I'm not so sure.
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1st December 2015, 11:50 AM #2GOLD MEMBER
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The best, long-lasting finish I have found for outside timber furniture is a marine oil called Deks Olje. Available from boating shops like Whitworths. The timber needs to be completely stripped to bare and then you apply the thin #1 oil wet on wet until the timber won't take any more. Do it outside as the solvent is strong. Once that is dry you can apply the thicker #2 oil for a gloss finish (or leave satin from the #1 oil). Re-finishing is easy as you just clean or lightly sand and reapply the #1 oil to freshen them up every 12 months or so - depending on weather exposure.
I have used it on Australian cedar benches on our verandah and on Australian Cedar French doors that get sun exposure. I'm up to 5 years with the doors and 8 years with the benches. The cedar does darken with age but it is still beautiful.
Before I discovered this stuff I used poly finishes and they looked great, but were a pain when they failed. Then I tried decking oil but that required re-coating every three months and even then it went a rather nasty texture with dirt sticking to it.
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1st December 2015, 06:32 PM #3Skwair2rownd
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Just the sort of info I was looking for Xanthhereas!! Thank you very much.
Do ypu know if the #1 oil will effect the laminations due to its high solvent content??
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