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Stain: Finished Sanding a bench

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We purchased a nice outside bench last year...the weather got to the cheap stain that was put on it. Needless to say, I am finished sanding it and ready to stain it. What outdoor/weather proof stain do you guys recommend?
 
Any oil-based stain aught to do. Minwax is easy enough to find. It's the finish that matters. Pretty much only automotive finishes are going to hold up at all under constant sun/rain/weather changes, but I doubt you want to put $100+/gallon clear coat on a $25 bench.
 
Shellac is also good if you like the color. Usually a light orange. Very tough and UV resistant and can be touched up easily.

 
Any good stain will work. But use a spar varnish with a high UV rating as a finishing topcoat. Should protect it from weather and sun.
 
Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Any good stain will work. But use a spar varnish with a high UV rating as a finishing topcoat. Should protect it from weather and sun.
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Wrong. Will peel off after one season, and will be permanently sticky.

Varnish is made of natural compounds dissolved in linseed oil, and has very little weather resistance.

Oil-based polyurethane is generally manufactured and sold for indoor use items.
Water-based acryllic is the same, and even less durable.
UV additives are meant to protect the underlying color of the wood or stain, but generally weaken the finish itself.

I am telling you definitively that the ONLY topcoat that will withstand constant weather is going to be an epoxy type finish such as used on cars.

I'd stain it and leave it weather and stain it again as needed. Any finish that makes economic sense is not going to be durable. Sorry.
 
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Any good stain will work. But use a spar varnish with a high UV rating as a finishing topcoat. Should protect it from weather and sun.
Click to expand...

Wrong. Will peel off after one season, and will be permanently sticky.

Varnish is made of natural compounds dissolved in linseed oil, and has very little weather resistance.

Oil-based polyurethane is generally manufactured and sold for indoor use items.
Water-based acryllic is the same, and even less durable.
UV additives are meant to protect the underlying color of the wood or stain, but generally weaken the finish itself.

I am telling you definitively that the ONLY topcoat that will withstand constant weather is going to be an epoxy type finish such as used on cars.

I'd stain it and leave it weather and stain it again as needed. Any finish that makes economic sense is not going to be durable. Sorry.
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No I don't think so. I have built lots of outdoor furniture myself and used spar varnish as a finish and it still looks as good as the day it was put on. You may need to reapply it every few years, but that's a given. You can use an epoxy hardener before applying spar varnish but it's not necessary. And it doesn't have to be some high dollar automotive finish. :roll:
 
Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Any good stain will work. But use a spar varnish with a high UV rating as a finishing topcoat. Should protect it from weather and sun.
Click to expand...

Wrong. Will peel off after one season, and will be permanently sticky.

Varnish is made of natural compounds dissolved in linseed oil, and has very little weather resistance.

Oil-based polyurethane is generally manufactured and sold for indoor use items.
Water-based acryllic is the same, and even less durable.
UV additives are meant to protect the underlying color of the wood or stain, but generally weaken the finish itself.

I am telling you definitively that the ONLY topcoat that will withstand constant weather is going to be an epoxy type finish such as used on cars.

I'd stain it and leave it weather and stain it again as needed. Any finish that makes economic sense is not going to be durable. Sorry.
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No I don't think so. I have built lots of outdoor furniture myself and used spar varnish as a finish and it still looks as good as the day it was put on. You may need to reapply it every few years, but that's a given. You can use an epoxy hardener before applying spar varnish but it's not necessary. And it doesn't have to be some high dollar automotive finish. :roll:
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You may be right? Where you living? I get 4 season here and very high humidity in the summer. Outdoor wood stuff does not last long here. A little careless of me to assume everyone lives in the same conditions. 😱
 
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