If you've got a nice looking collection of outdoor cedar furniture in your backyard, you may be looking around to find out how to keep it looking that way in the coming years. As you have been searching the internet for any insight into how to keep your outdoor Cedar Painting beautiful, you might have found that everyone seems to be concentrating on the care of outdoor teak furniture. Although teak and cedar, particularly red cedar, have some similar characteristics, they are different, aren't they? Yeah, they do.
So, let’s explore what it takes to keep your Timber Staining Auckland happy for many years to come.
Preservative Treatments
Even if you’re not a fan of chemical treatments for outdoor furniture, there's one portion of your outdoor cedar furniture that you can consider treating, the portion that touches the surface. The contact point between moisture and insects is basically the combat zone for your outdoor cedar furniture.
Daily Cleaning
Outdoor cedar furniture is not too bad for general maintenance. Tossing a bit of liquid soap into a bowl, cleaning the surface and rinsing off the bits for the most part. If you are in an environment that has blown up a lot of dirt and dust onto the pieces of furniture, you may need to get a soft brush to take away some of the debris. Try to NOT use abrasive things on your cedar. Although these pieces of outdoor furniture look very sturdy when you use them, they are made of a soft wood which can be scratched and broken if you use abrasive products on the surface.
Sealers
You have to determine if you want to cover your outdoor cedar furniture absolutely from the elements, and even the sun. Sealers on the market are a number of. These products will do everything from removing moisture and dirt from the wood pores to blocking even some of the harmful rays of the sun with UV blockers. This is important if you want to keep the colored grains in your wood, since the sun will start drying the wood and turn it into silver shades.
Stain
You should stain it if you want to change the color of your exterior cedar furniture. Only bear in mind that this is just a one-time occurrence. If the wood has been painted, you’re trapped in the color. If you're only trying to use stain for Cedar Weatherboard Maintenance, there are clear stains that will help preserve your wood's original color. Some of those do come with UV blockers to help combat the wood's sun's damage.
Oil
While furniture oil is common for many items, it shouldn't be used on outdoor furniture in your cedar. In this situation all the furniture oil can do is bind to the wood surface and accumulate dust, dirt and other particles from the air that you will have to wash off during your next cleaning.