Brightening up garden furniture

onejontwo

Any ideas to brighten up a wooden garden table and chairs? We have had them for about 5 years and treat them annually with teak oil but recently compared to new ones it appears rather grey looking. We want to keep the wood look so don't want to paint them.

onejontwo

Anybody????

BargainGalore

I believe you need a product like this

http://www.cuprinol.co.uk/furniture/revive_hardwood_furniture.jsp

macman

Maybe run a pressure washer over them first to get rid of the build of gunk? Easier than sanding them down.

Steve_Groves

A pressure washer can sometimes be a little too agressive and roughs up the wood but it is easy and quickly cleans things up.

Regarding what you then do. I would use an outdoor danish oil. The teak oil simply protects wood that needs to be outside so it soaks in. Danish oil is a mixture including some resins so it protects and then creates a hard surface to retain the wood colour. It will also fill in the open grain that collects the dirt, keeping it clean for longer.

HTH

macman wrote: »

Maybe run a pressure washer over them first to get rid of the build of gunk? Easier than sanding them down.