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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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Toupret have a polyurethane based two part filler called Extrem’wood that I haven’t tried yet but which looks like a cheaper alternative to Repaircare
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Cheers, will give the sanding / filling a go & see how it comes up
@Sharkstar - that had crossed my mind & would probably save the ball-ache of redoing this every couple of years, if the first option looks gash I think that might be on the cards - I take it a properly painted finish would be more resilient than varnish of any sort?
Sharkstar
mcJ78
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