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Which colour decking oil?
BOWFER
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Looking at getting our new decking treated with Screwfix own brand oil.
It gets good reviews and is on offer at £40 for 10 litres.
Trouble is, they don't give any indication of the shade on their website, or tester pots, and I don't have a clue which one to get. :-(
They offer Pine, Cedar and Oak.
We'd like as close a match to the patio doors, which are quite a dark chocolate brown (see attached photo)
Which of Cedar and Oak would most give us this, I'm guessing pine will, be far too light.
It gets good reviews and is on offer at £40 for 10 litres.
Trouble is, they don't give any indication of the shade on their website, or tester pots, and I don't have a clue which one to get. :-(
They offer Pine, Cedar and Oak.
We'd like as close a match to the patio doors, which are quite a dark chocolate brown (see attached photo)

Which of Cedar and Oak would most give us this, I'm guessing pine will, be far too light.
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Of the 3, cedar would probably be darkest but it's also quite red.
I think they look nice in a natural colour?0 -
Screwfix has a community forum, it might be worth looking on there to see if anyone has any examples?
https://community.screwfix.com/
Or does Screwfix have an option to ask questions on the product?
I agree with adanem - cedar would be the darkest, but would be very red. Oak is probably browner, but will likely be a very light brown.0 -
I'm taking a chance on the oak.
Definitely don't want red and at less than half the cost of other oils (with good reviews as well) I won't be too unhappy if it's not the exact shade of brown we wanted.0 -
Good luck! Post a picture of how it turns out so we can see?1
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