A Finnish Owatrol customer, Jukka Kylmälä, has sent us some great photographs of a project he recently completed using Deks Olje D1 saturating wood oil and Deks Olje D2 high gloss varnish which are both perfect for use in marine wood care applications. His salmon-fishing river boat was in need of some protection. Jukka chose Owatrol solutions […]
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Case Studies are the perfect way of show casing all the products Owatrol has to offer.
Complete with before and after shots, the case studies really show you all the steps needed to have a fantastic finish.
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Customer quite literally stumbles into Prepdeck wood stripper!
Last Revised in Case Studies, Marine, Wood CareA customer recently got in touch having come across Owatrol products on a visit to the Royal Yacht Britannia. He spotted a bottle of Prepdeck professional grade wood stripper next to this work site and was impressed with the results being achieved. He managed to grab a quick picture so we can show you what […]
Using Owatrol Oil to enhance the look of a vintage tractor
Last Revised in Automotive, Case Studies, Metal ProtectionWe recently received a lovely email from a customer who was trying out Owatrol Oil as a rust inhibitor on the recommendation of some of their readers – the customer is and editor of Tractor and Machinery. Unfortunately, we don’t have any photographs of their project but we do have some kind words about our […]
Stunning Decking Transformation with D1 Pro
Last Revised in Before & After, Case Studies, For the Garden, Wood CareCase Studies are one of our favourite things to write about here on the Owatrol Direct blog. We think there is no better way to show off the possibilities when using Owatrol products than to show you things that people have done already! This week we’re demonstrating one of our lesser-known products called D1 Pro […]
This week’s case study is a deck with a view! It’s definitely worth putting a bit of time and money in to revive and protect it for years to come. This deck is built using IPE decking which is an extremely hard wood. This makes it more difficult for protective treatments to impregnate the wood. […]
Using Prepdeck to strip, Net-Trol to clean & Textrol to protect your deck
Last Revised in Before & After, Case Studies, For the Garden, Wood CareWe’re always grateful when customers send us photographs throughout their project using Owatrol. This week we’d like to share a deck renovated using three Owatrol solutions. The customer’s deck had a previous coating to remove first, before cleaning and retreating. Stripping your deck Owatrol has several products for stripping previous coatings from wood surfaces. This […]
We were recently signposted to this case study by Promain, a long time partner of ours and seller of Owatrol products. The customer was exasperated after using a well-known high street product on their decking every year only to find it always cracking and peeling after the winter. It clearly wasn’t doing what it said […]
Over at Detailing World we stumbled across another happy Owatrol customer using Polytrol to restore a faded car bumper. They posted this picture to show Polytrol at work: Polytrol is a colour restorer for plastics, GRPs, gelcoats, metals and other surfaces. It restores the original look and feel to the surface and dries to a […]
Polytrol saves a garage door after 15 years of neglect
Last Revised in Before & After, Case Studies, Decorating, Metal Protection, Product SpotlightWe were contacted recently by Phil, who needed some help restoring his GRP garage door. He wasn’t sure which product to use so he got in touch and asked! We recommended Polytrol as it revives and restores the colour of faded surfaces – it’s perfect for use on fibreglass as well as many other surfaces […]
Farmhouse Exterior Renovation using Owatrol Emulsa Bond
Last Revised in Before & After, Case Studies, Decorating, Expert OpinionsThis farmhouse in Cornwall was restored and repainted by Alan Iles. After cleaning and repairing the render, the task of repainting it was tackled. Usually a lengthy and laborious job. The bare patches would have needed to be primed either with primer or thinned masonry paint and in addition, the unstable render would have needed […]










