Treatments For Your Garden Shed
Today the majority of garden sheds today will need to be taken care of regularly to last unless they have been made using cedar or pressure treated wood. Although most sheds for the garden will have a wood based primer coating on them this generally isn’t enough to protect them from the elements and ensure that they last for many years to come. In this article we look at the types of garden shed treatments and why needed.
So why does one need to treat a garden shed once it has been built? Of course the main reason for treating a garden shed with any one of the treatments we list below is to help prolong the life of it. Unfortunately many of the woods used today for construction of garden sheds unlike cedar are not very resilient and deteriorate quite a lot because of the changes in the climate. However, garden shed treatments are what prevent the weather from encroaching into the material from which it is made and causing damage to it.
Above we have shown why there is a need for treating garden sheds and now let us look at the kinds of treatments to consider using.
Treatment 1 ” Creosote Substitute
There are several products on the market today that you can use that are known as this form of treatment such as Creotreat or Creotech. Both of them will provide more than enough protection to your shed but are far better if you mix 5 parts of this product to 1 part clean engine oil. Although they are a good wood preservative the engine oil helps to prevent the wood from cracking or becoming brittle and adds an extra water proof layer to the wood.
This treatment is also easy to apply but you will need a special sprayer to do so. Although this is the cheapest way of increasing how long your garden shed lasts the colour range is limited, in fact the only colour you can spray your shed with this is brown.
Treatment 2 ” Wood Preservative
You can use this either on its own or as a base coat before you then paint your garden shed. If you will be painting your garden shed after applying this type of treatment make sure the one you use can be painted over after applying, If it isn’t then when the paint is applied it will simply slide off. Plus when looking at using a wood preservative treatment go for the spirit rather than water based types as this will ensure that more is able to soak into the wood and provide it with even more protection from the elements.
Treatment 3 ” Combined Preservative, Colour and Waterproof Agent
Today of all the types of garden shed treatments available these ones are proving extremely popular. If you do intend to use this type of treatment as with 2 mentioned above it is far better if you use a spirit rather than water based one. Also you need to look whether the wood is planed or not before you applying any of these treatments. If the wood is planed and you use a treatment that isn’t suitable for it then shortly after applying it will begin to peel and the wood becomes open to the elements. There are numerous advantages to using this type of treatment over the others. It is easy and quick to apply and it also comes in a wide array of colours.
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