Adult Pine Picnic Bench - Argos - Now 33.99

WontPayFullPriceShell

THANKYOU!!!!! OP you are a true star! Reserved the last One for my town and will collect later today. Just what I was looking for but was not prepared to pay homebases prices.

rabidbun

Yay, got one! Now just need to put it together, stain it and convince my toddler not to lean back when he's sitting on it! Thanks OP!

Sagz_2

I hope everyone has better luck than I did when putting it together - after 6 hours of puzzling I finally worked out that one of the pieces that had a large 'L' on it was in fact a right-hand side piece! grrrrrrrrr

Now it's together I'm very pleased with it

adrenalin

hi i just bought this assembled sides and aligned in only ten mins inside. Looks very easy to do rest but thought id stain first and rest need making outside anyway. Mine lined up well so far
Anyway how did people stain this particular bench? did you sand first or just put wood stain straight on.

I looked online and seen some put pre stain on so dont absorb to much.

i was hoping just put some ronseal or homebase wood stain right on thinly a few coats. Would really appreciate to know how other here did it themselves and how finish turned out. I have never stained wood before. May buy some and test it on an old untreated pine shelf i have.

Hope some the original posters can let me know what they done I was hoping to try it later

adrenalin

bump - anyone?

PasturesNew

Is two planks enough for the average British 4rse these days?

I've got a size 8-10 4rse and it looks uncomfortable to me.

Begize

adrenalin wrote: »

bump - anyone?

I didn't buy one of the Argos models, but I did get a similar one. I painted mine with a couple of coats of special outdoor garden paint that picked up cheap. I didn't do much prep at all, just a quick check and sand of any rough bits then straight on to the wood.

With wood stain, it depends on if it's just a stain (i.e. needs some kind of protection as well) or an all in one type thing as most are now. Bear in mind the colour can sometimes look different to what it says on the tin, depending on the type of wood you are staining, and it will also change as it dries and some bits of wood may absorb more than others.

Generally applying a few coats is the way to go and build the colour up, rather than trying to get it all in one go. Try one coat, see how it dries and keep going until you are happy it looks good.

mrroy

I picked my bench up last week, comes in 2 quite heavy packages
when I opened them up I was surprised how good the quality of the wood was and how well it went together.
I did give the wood 2 coats of fence preserver before assembling
and am very pleased with the finished job.
Well worth the money.

malamala

I've always wanted a picnic table in the garden!

How's everyone planning to keep this table in winter? Will those outdoor furniture plastic cover be good enough?

rabidbun

We used Ronseal stain for outdoor wood (including furniture), took three coats and now we're just waiting for a good day to assemble it. The wood itself was good quality and the stain has gone on smoothly. Sanded the upper surfaces of bench and table bit after the two coats and then applied the last one.

Will be keeping an eye open for a general purpose plastic cover (might even try and tie a car one on) - no chance of fitting this in our garage overwinter.