Treatment wooden gates - 5 bar gates driveway gates

Treatment  of wooden gates should exclude transparent, non-flexible, film-forming finishes such as lacquer, shellac, urethane, and varnish. These are not recommended for exterior use on wood. Ultraviolet radiation can penetrate the transparent film and degrade the wood. Regardless of the number of coats, the finish will eventually become brittle, develop severe cracks and then fail.

Treatment wooden gates. Microporous or Moisture Vapour Permeable systems; Words that simply mean that the products, although they provide a weather proof finish for all external wooden, timber or other surfaces, also allow moisture from underneath to escape harmlessly. In other words they permit the wood to breathe.

These coatings are mostly now used as  treatment for wooden gates, being resistant to peeling and blistering, ensuring a much longer life than paints and varnish.

As with most things some give better results than others. The range of products available offers all the treatment of wooden gates timber coatings necessary to preserve and decorate the structural woodwork inside and outside your home. 

These coatings are available in water based or solvent based options, in various finishes, translucent or opaque and a large range of colours.

Hardwood Iroko Gates should be treated with 2 – 3 coats of a vapour permeable wood stain prior to hanging. The timber will weather unless regularly treated.

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