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Very kind of you to say. I honestly get a lot from this thread too but I am able to answer some of the stuff I've been working on for years with some authority.
I hope someone else has a good solution for leaving them as is because I don't get asked to do it professionally so I'm not sure.
I am starting to look at linseed oil paint though. That might be a possibility, it supposed to be great on eco and durability and there should be a clear version.
Certainly with Oak, painting it can actually reduce the longevity because some paint systems will trap moisture next to the wood.
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I think there was a varnish vs paint discussion on here a while back. You need some protection on the wood else the sun will bleach it to grey. I think Liberon does a UV protective drying oil of some kind. That might work if you don’t want to use a polyurethane varnish
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Another question. The windowsills are a nice dark hardwood (species I can't recall). We're still in two minds about keeping some of them as bare wood. If we did, what's a good treatment for that?
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