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Cheers, what did you use? I've seen some people recommending slapping on a couple of coats of yacht varnish as a quick fix if the finish doesn't have to be immaculate, tempted to give that a bash & see how it goes - it's the back patio doors & we're not expecting the queen round for cans in the garden anytime soon
mcJ78-
The ronseal professional stuff is probably fine for smaller jobs. Repaircare is recommended by airhead but I’ve yet to use it because I needed to learn with cheaper materials to start with :)
The thing you want to avoid with outside wood is allowing water to penetrate and settle in it as you get more rot and in the winter it freezes then splits the wood. I’m not sure if yacht varnish will prevent that from happening, hence fill the cracks first with filler.
If you aren’t worried about the overall finish. A Quick sand with a sponge, apply filler to seal all the gaps, sanding back then vanishing is probably not too onerous tbh.
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Once you’ve removed that rotten wood and built up with filler or spliced in new wood, a coat of varnish is going to reveal all of that repair work. I’d prime and paint the lot.
Howard
Sharkstar
Remove the rotten wood. Treat the rest. Bring it back up with filler. Sand it back to the original profile. Prime then paint or just varnish.
Just done something similar and it’s quite the ballache. If you can pay someone to do it, you probably should. They’ll strip all the paint / varnish off, sand it back then repair where needed then re finish.
For a quick fix You might find that sanding it back with a sanding sponge gets you to good wood fairly quickly - in which case fill the cracks then varnish. But the repair will be obvious unless you strip it all back.