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You should protect your exterior wood against the elements because over time, UV rays grey the wood and water can cause splitting and cracking. A Ronseal Woodstain colours, protects and keeps it looking at its best.

Yes. A stain sits on top of the deck giving a more opaque finish and therefore covers up some of the woodgrain . An oil penetrates into the wood giving a more natural finish and allows the woodgrain to show through.

Decking looks great when it's first laid but it does need protecting from the elements. UV rays grey the wood over time and water can cause it to swell, crack and split. Protecting your deck with a coating such as a stain, oil or protector revives the colour and keeps it looking like new.

Basically, a varnish sits on the surface of the wood whereas an oil penetrates the wood to replenish the natural oils. A varnish gives far superior protection than an oil.

The main difference is the finish. A wax has a softer feel to it and results an a more natural look. Unlike other floor waxes, ours is just as tough as our Diamond Floor Varnish meaning you get beauty and protection. The best of both worlds.

It's the advanced acrylic technology that delivers Diamond Hard protection and gives it an incredibly scuff resistant finish.

Perfect Finish packs come complete with a unique applicator pad. It's designed specifically for the job and gives you the Perfect Finish every time. It also takes the backache out of treating your floors.

Yes. All of our Eco preservers can be applied with a Power Sprayer. It's by far the quickest and easiest way to treat large areas.

Both protect the wood. Oils give a more natural finish soaking into the wood, however they do need more maintenance. Stains have a more opaque finish with a greater depth of colour and giving longer lasting protection.

You should protect your garden furniture against the elements because over time, UV rays grey the wood and water can cause splitting and cracking. A Ronseal garden furniture finish colours, protects and keeps it looking at its best.

Perfect Finish packs come complete with a unique applicator pad. It's designed specifically for the job and gives you the Perfect Finish every time. It also takes the mess out of treating your garden furniture.

Think of it as a solid base. You apply it to the surface before the top coat paint. Priming makes the top coats more durable. It helps the top coat stick properly to the surface and gives extra protection to the surface being painted.

Speed. Spraying makes it quick and easy to apply plus there are no brushes to clean up after.

Perfect Finish packs come complete with a unique applicator pad. It's designed specifically for the job and gives you the Perfect Finish every time.

No. You need a varnish specifically for floors. We recommend you use Ronseal Diamond Hard Floor Varnish for flooring as it's more hardwearing and gives long lasting protection.

Scrape out any loose material in the hole using a filling knife and then lightly sand the surface in the direction of the grain.

Two things. Firstly, their unique waterbased formula contains less petrochemicals than standard solvent based preservers. Secondly, reduced VOCs making it better for the environment.

It stands for British Board of Agreement. It's an Independent body that certifies that Ronseal 5 Year Woodstain delivers 5 year protection.

Our Power Sprayer is our fastest method of spray application. To make it even quicker, the Spray or Brush Fencelife now clips directly to our Power Sprayer. So it cuts out pouring and speeds up cleaning.

Fences need protecting against the elements. UV rays grey the wood over time and water can cause splitting and cracking. Using a Ronseal fence treatment colours, protects and keeps them looking at their best.

Speed. Spraying is by far the quickest and easiest way to colour and protect your fence. It's up to 10 times faster than a brush. In fact, you can treat each fence panel in as little as two minutes.

A little. Waxes and oils offer a low level of protection. For the ultimate protection for interior wood try one of our interior varnishes.

It's clever stuff. Silver guard technology uses silver's antibacterial qualities. Its slow release formulation delivers long lasting protection and kills E Coli and MRSA immediately.

That's easy. Woodstain contains higher levels of pigmentation to give protection against greying by UV rays. So, compared to clear outdoor varnishes, it protects for longer.

Perfect Finish packs come complete with a unique applicator pad. It's designed specifically for the job, fitting into the grooves of a deck and giving you the Perfect Finish every time. It also takes the backache out of treating your deck.

Perfect Finish packs come complete with a unique applicator pad. It's designed specifically for the job and gives you the Perfect Finish every time. It also takes the backache out of treating your floors.

Quite the opposite. Ronseal Eco preservers actually have superior performance to standard fence preservers.