For all things garden related, here you will find tips and advice on how to keep your garden looking its best, inspiration for unique features and more.
The recent surge in popularity of wood cladding is not only to do with the opportunity of great effects it gives us to create. But, timber cladding is also extremely easy to maintain and if properly looked after, can last for many years. So, what exactly is involved in protecting your wood cladding? Step 1. […]
More and more people are setting up their own businesses, and often this will mean doing your work from home. Not everyone has a spare room to turn into a home office, and a popular solution is a garden office. There are some fantastic garden offices out there, so we thought we would show you […]
This home owner’s garden deck is 3-4 years old. They had oiled it twice with a well-known high street brand of decking oil and had not cleaned the wood prior to these applications. They were never happy with the finished result and really thought that their deck was ruined. Luckily, even a deck in poor […]
What better way to get a chance to see the value in a product than to see how others have used it. We’ve put together 5 of our best decking restoration case studies using our faithful pair; Net-Trol wood cleaner and Textrol saturating wood oil. We hope to show you some different applications in different […]
This customer’s IPE garden deck (20 square metres) was in need of some TLC and Roger from R & A Pressure Washing Services Ltd. was brought in as the man for the job. He used Owatrol solutions to restore the deck and protect it for the future. However, don’t be deterred into thinking that you […]
A good looking garden deck can make a huge difference to the overall look and feel of your garden – as we can see in our latest case study. Here Roger has used Owatrol solutions to make a statement with the garden decking protected with Textrol and has made it a stand-out feature of the garden. […]
High quality wooden gates can make a real statement at the entrance to your home, that is as long as they are protected with a high quality finish and looking great! These Iroko gates are making the right kind of statement with some top quality TLC and a beautiful finish provided by D1 Pro and […]
We love seeing our customers projects! Today we are showing you how one of our customers, Scott, used Owatrol products to give his garden fence a new lease of life. The project uses Textrol HES single coat saturating oil to protect a redwood spruce softwood fence and the results are great. Here’s how to recreate this […]
Exterior Solutions Ltd are delighted with Owatrol and are showcasing the consistent and effective results that can be achieved with Owatrol’s Deks Olje D1 hardwood saturating oil. A client of theirs has 240 square metres of Exterpark Ipe (Brazilian Walnut) deck. It needs to be best kept all year round, very much in keeping with […]
How to work out your touch time to strip garden furniture Before you start stripping the entire area you should first perform a touch test (this is the same regardless of the stripper you are planning to use). To do this you apply to the stripper to a small area and leave it to work. […]
