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Wood Oils: A No Nonsense Guide

Applying wood oil by brush

Looking for the best oil for outdoor wood furniture? Jump down to our section on Wooden Garden Furniture or visit our online stores’ Outdoor Furniture Oils to buy traditional wood oils like sprayable teak oil, Danish oil, and linseed oil, and next-generation products from Rubio Monocoat.  Click here to skip recommended products and to continue reading. Shop Best Selling Products ...

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That Moment When You Realise You Can Paint Over Rust

Are you looking at your rusty surfaces feeling stumped? Wondering “what paint to use on rusted metal?” Can you paint over rust? Or maybe you’ve just not been able to get round to it. Well, you don’t have to struggle any longer. It is possible to give rust a complete makeover turning it around. It’s simple to paint over it ...

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What’s The Difference Between Satin and Gloss Paint?

When you’re choosing a new paint for an exterior project, one of the considerations you must make, is which finish do you choose? There are many different finishes you can go for which are down to preference. Common finishes such as a matt finish, is clear and easy to figure out. However,  there are two popular paint finishes – gloss ...

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Water Based Paints: Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know

Range of different water based paint colours

Ask an Eskimo about types of paint, and they may tell you paint is paint. Ask an Eskimo about snow and they’ll tell you over 50 different types of snow, all with different names! For this post, we’ll be showcasing our expertise on water based paints, and whilst there won’t be 50 different examples, we’ll take you through the colourful, ...

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Boiled Linseed Oil: For Wood and Metal

Boiled linseed oil can transform ornately decorated wood

About Boiled Linseed Oil Found in most woodworker’s workshops, as well as in trade shops up and down the UK, boiled linseed oil is a popular product at Rawlins Paints. Also known as BLO (an acronym of Boiled Linseed Oil), this wood treatment is an oil treatment primarily for interior use, which leaves a lovely and smooth finish on a ...

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How To Paint Denatured Timber

Our 3-step guide below will show you how to paint denatured timber, a typically friable surface that can be tricky to decorate without the correct preparation, using Zinsser products available in over 4,000+ RAL, NCS and BS colours. For help on painting friable exterior walls, see our other blog post or scroll to the bottom for further reading on painting ...

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How To Paint Exterior Woodstained Or Varnished Surfaces

Can you paint over varnish? Zinsser products can be used to paint woodstain or varnished exterior wood surfaces using our 3-step guide below on how to prepare, prime and decorate, in over 4,000+ RAL, NCS and BS colours. Quick Links Click on a link below to jump down the page The Benefits Step 1. Surface Preparation Step 2. Priming Step ...

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How To Paint Knotted And Resinous Timber

Our 3-step guide shows you how to prime and seal troublesome knots and resinous timber with ease. Quick Links Zinsser Paint Knotted and Resinous Timber Products The Benefits Step 1. Surface Preparation Step 2. Knots Step 3. Resinous Timber Step 4. Decoration More Information. Further Reading Zinsser Paint Knotted and Resinous Timber Products Zinsser Mould Killer & Remover Zinsser Universal ...

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