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All Varnished Up

Advantages: Easy, Quick and Good Value for money
Disadvantages: The smell?

Over the past couple of weeks the weather has really been rather dry so I’ve been working hard in the garden so I can sit back and relax for when the summer sun comes our way. Wickes Exterior Varnish: ‘Flexible – resists cracking and peeling, all we ...

VampirePrincessLizzy 05.04.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Wickes Exterior Varnish Clear Gloss

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Upgrade your wooden furniture for 8 quid!

Advantages: Cheap way to upgrade interior furniture, colours can be mixed across the range.
Disadvantages: A bit stinky and needs careful application to avoid blotchy finish.

...This is an interior wood stain/dye agent from established supplier Colron which comes in a variety of colours: Teak, mahogany, antique pine, American walnut, English light oak, mellow pine, Jacobean dark oak, Georgian medium oak, red mahogany, deep mahog ...

spiritwood 17.03.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Colron Refined Wood Dye

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Does Most Of What It Says On The Tin

Advantages: Gives an attractive, even finish; Waterproof in one hour; Long-lasting benefits
Disadvantages: Messy to apply; Large initial outlay; Decking pad is poor

Few things in life have made me feel quite as middle class as spending a Sunday afternoon painting my decking. Having moved into our new house last autumn (and subsequently spending much of our first few months there sorting out the interior of the pr ...

Collingwood21 02.09.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Ronseal Perfect Finish Decking Stain

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Ronseal Perfect Finish Decking Stain

Advantages: Gives a good even finish
Disadvantages: Bit expensive

When we were doing the garden last Summer, both myself and my partner agreed that our decking could do with a coat of paint as it was looking quite worn and so we went to our local Homebase in search of a product that would do the job and we went with the ...

bexx0907 17.05.2013 · Read full review
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Lazy man's DIY

Advantages: quick, easy
Disadvantages: expensive

It’s almost that time of year again when we have to start thinking about making the garden look presentable so we can have barbecues and invite guests over. We have a small area of decking outside the back door which hosts our patio table and chairs along ...

abbadabbado 20.04.2011 · Read full review
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