How to: treat garden furniture
So, you've invested in this gorgeous, sustainable, wooden garden furniture. Obviously, you want to keep them looking as good as possible for as long as possible. Or maybe it's already time for some freshening up?
What's the best way to keep your garden furniture in good shape? Is it better to use wood stain or oil, or perhaps to lacquer them? We're here to answer all of those questions, in a handy and simple stepwise how-to guide, with some of our best products added to help you make the best choice in treating your garden furniture.
Step 1: Preparation
Step 2: Treatment
To start off on a good basis - literally - it's important that your garden furniture is clean. You can do that pretty easily with just lukewarm water and detergent. If there's moss on your furniture, you could use cleaning vinegar (not regular vinegar, because that's way too acidic for your wood) to remove it. Another option is to use an outdoor wood cleaner like Xyladecor Krachtreiniger voor alle buitenhout. It could also turn out to be useful to dust off the furniture in advance, removing all loose dirt. After cleaning, make sure to rinse carefully, so as to remove potential product residues.
Next, the wood needs sanding. For new garden furniture, or pieces that are still in good condition, lightly sanding the wood using a small grain piece of sanding paper is enough. If you have older or weathered furniture or if you need to remove old paint layers, for example, it's best to start off with a larger grain size, to sand up to the natural wood again. You can then continue with a smaller grain size to smoothen out the surface. In any case, don't forget to use your duster after sanding! Oh, and for greyed wood, you might want to consider a colour renovator. It works miracles!
Preparation
Quickly and thoroughly removes dirt and other types of contamination on garden wood.
Quickly and thoroughly removes dirt and other types of contamination on garden wood.
Nourishing cleaning agent, specially developed for regular cleaning of teak furniture. Contains natural orange oil that nourishes and cleans the wood.
Nourishing cleaning agent, specially developed for regular cleaning of teak furniture. Contains natural orange oil that nourishes and cleans the wood.
Wood Lover's Teak Cleaner is a powerful cleaner for garden furniture made of teak, bangkirai, and other wood, among others, that removes greenish stains and marks from insects and/or weathering.
Wood Lover's Teak Cleaner is a powerful cleaner for garden furniture made of teak, bangkirai, and other wood, among others, that removes greenish stains and marks from insects and/or weathering.
Removes greying from naturally greying wood and restores it to its original appearance.
Removes greying from naturally greying wood and restores it to its original appearance.
Gel die de oorspronkelijke kleur van verweerd tuinhout herstelt
Gel die de oorspronkelijke kleur van verweerd tuinhout herstelt
Oil / transparent stains
High-quality stain specially designed to protect and beautify wooden garden furniture.
High-quality stain specially designed to protect and beautify wooden garden furniture.
High-quality stain specially developed to protect and beautify wooden garden furniture while maintaining a natural look.
High-quality stain specially developed to protect and beautify wooden garden furniture while maintaining a natural look.
Oil for all garden furniture in exotic wood, untreated or already provided with an oil layer.
Oil for all garden furniture in exotic wood, untreated or already provided with an oil layer.
High-quality transparent durable stain, the 2-in-1 formula ensures that the product can be used as both primer and topcoat
High-quality transparent durable stain, the 2-in-1 formula ensures that the product can be used as both primer and topcoat
Opaque stains
Opaque stain resistant to extreme weather conditions.
Opaque stain resistant to extreme weather conditions.
Silk gloss opaque stain based on acrylates in dispersion. Can be colored on a mixing machine.
Silk gloss opaque stain based on acrylates in dispersion. Can be colored on a mixing machine.
Checklist
- Clean and degrease
- Sand the wood
- Decide which look you want
- Use the right product
- Apply two coats directly with a brush
- Sit down and relax 😎
Useful tools
Need help?
If some of the steps aren't entirely clear to you, or if you are in a specific situation that isn't covered by our how-to guide, then our experts will be happy to help.
