Best outdoor wood protection

[pubrunner]

Hi All,

My better half has ordered a wooden arch for the garden - it'll require some small amount of construction.

It'll be sitting on a pallet in the garage for a few weeks, before it goes out to the garden, so I'd like to give a couple of coats of some kind of durable and colour-less wood protection.

What would the PH Massive recommend, as the best product to give the wood some degree of long-term protection ?

Thank you.

[Drogo]

https://osmouk.com/product/garden-furniture-oil/

[LooneyTunes]

From the blue green bits, that wood looks to already be tanalised. It'll last for ages even if you don't do anything with it.

[CypSIdders]

Boiled linseed oil, apply yearly!
It is not expensive.

[Ledaig]

Osmo UV protection oil 420 clear satin.

I used this on some cedar out in the garden about four years ago, needs a recoat every year on vulnerable areas (like the top of slats), and every couple of years for the rest.

Still looks like new with no grey patches.

[Chumley.mouse]

I use this it’s not too runny and lasts well.

https://www.toolstation.com/barrettine-wood-protec...

[pubrunner]

Thank you all, for taking the trouble to reply - very helpful answers, thank you.

[8-P]

Ronseal do a 3 coat wood paint. Done properly it’s great. My shed is 8 years on and no signs of rot.

This one I think

https://www.toolstation.com/ronseal-10-year-exteri...

[Andeh1]

I'm another fan of Osmo oil

[Bonefish Blues]

LooneyTunes said:

From the blue green bits, that wood looks to already be tanalised. It'll last for ages even if you don't do anything with it.

This.

[dogbucket]

Its most likely to rot out where the posts enter the ground even with them set in postcrete, bitumen paint on the bottom section maybe. A clear treatment on pressure treated timber will still weather to grey in a few years in my experience. I quite like Bartoline Cerocote which is oil based and cheap, bit smelly for a few weeks after application but resists water well.

[mart 63]

Use a clear primer/sealer that sinks into the wood. Don't use anything that just sits on the surface, as it won't last.