Maintenance Plan

• The first 3 coats of varnish on your bench or patio set is coated with a water based varnish to allow the fresh timber to dry, most timber has a 13% moisture content that must be naturally extracted by the weather. This drying process takes more or less 12 months.
• During this process tiny cracks and a little flaking takes place, don’t panic! It’s very normal in most timbers.
• With the white varnish the knots in the timber will become quite noticeable as they start drying out, once more, don’t panic its normal!
• If this drying process is not allowed to happen and you over varnish your furniture, the wood will rot from within.

After 1 year

• Sand the bench lightly with a fine sand paper.
• Purchase 5 litres of “DULUX WOOD GUARD” and 1 litre of “turps”.
• Mix 1 litre of varnish with 1 ltr of turps thoroughly, apply thickly and allow it to dry for 24 hours - use a good brush.
• The next coat must have less turps, sand lightly again.
• The final coat should be pure varnish.
• If you would like to continue using the water based varnish it can be purchased from us.
• Same varnishing procedure, but just use water instead of turps, however, the drying time is only 30 minutes between coats.
• The darker the colour, the more UV chemicals in it.

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