Painting The Potting Shed Day 1

 

Today I started to apply the 33V Teak Extreme Protection Woodstain that I posted about on the 13th September that has an unrivalled 12 years guaranteed.

The photo above is before applying the paint to the sun bleached and in some area where the potting shed, has started to turn gray. Really this paint job should have happened last year, but getting cancer stopped play. I could have sanded the timber a little to remove the weathering, but at the end of the day it's an allotment shed and I just want it to last as long as possible.

Due to my mobility issues It was a bit of a challenge doing the high stuff, I stacked a couple of paving blocks and used a scaffold board to give me just enough reach to get at the apex timber that covers the joints of the bargeboards.

I took this photo so the difference between the before and after applying could be clearly seen in a single photograph.

This is how far I got by lunch time and the lower section. the sun was more on the front face than the gable door end and thus the colour look different to the photo above. I had bought a couple of new shed brushes a 50mm and 75mm wide, and the coverage was really easy and the teak colour showed exactly where more paint needed to be added.

So this photo is basically with the paint to the top drying and the bottom still wet. Its going to be interesting to see what it dries like tomorrow. So far I'm impressed and would say it's the best wood stain I've used on a shed or fence panel.

I'm unlikely to get the whole potting shed painted before the weather changes, but its looking better for a single coat and I can apply the second coat next year, if I don't get a window of opportunity to get a second coat on this year, as the application temperature needs to be above 10C.