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General Woodworking
Best wood for a painted garden gate.
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<blockquote data-quote="eribaMotters" data-source="post: 1561002" data-attributes="member: 7424"><p>If you are allowed to leave it natural then it has to be Iroko. I made a garden table, set of benches and some small tables over 25 years ago. They have had no surface finish applied and they have been left outside every winter. The table and benches are under a cover for winter and look excellent. The small tables are left to the elements and are looking nicely ages with no decay.</p><p>If you have to paint then I would would source a mahogany type, paint with aluminium primer and then use the likes of Dulux Weathershield Aquatec. Do not use a gloss. This was the system I used on all exterior woodwork at my last house, including some 80+ year old softwood window frames I had taken back to bare wood. Every two or three years I washed everything down, never had to do any repair work and applied one fresh coat. </p><p>It is a very easy and quick maintenance schedule. It used to take me a weekend to paint all of the woodwork on a 4 bed 3 reception house.</p><p></p><p>Colin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eribaMotters, post: 1561002, member: 7424"] If you are allowed to leave it natural then it has to be Iroko. I made a garden table, set of benches and some small tables over 25 years ago. They have had no surface finish applied and they have been left outside every winter. The table and benches are under a cover for winter and look excellent. The small tables are left to the elements and are looking nicely ages with no decay. If you have to paint then I would would source a mahogany type, paint with aluminium primer and then use the likes of Dulux Weathershield Aquatec. Do not use a gloss. This was the system I used on all exterior woodwork at my last house, including some 80+ year old softwood window frames I had taken back to bare wood. Every two or three years I washed everything down, never had to do any repair work and applied one fresh coat. It is a very easy and quick maintenance schedule. It used to take me a weekend to paint all of the woodwork on a 4 bed 3 reception house. Colin [/QUOTE]
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