Painting Garden Shed

Payton

My partner has a good quality T&G shed that's about a year old and she would like to paint it for the first time as it's bear wood. Does it need to be sealed before it's painted? What paint would be the best to use?

Esel

Think about staining / oiling it instead. Much, much easier than paint when the time comes to re-do it.

The Continental Op

I'd use Owatrol Textrol but its expensive. Recoating is very easy. However if you want colour I can recommend any of the garden paints that the big names do like

Cuprinol Shades, Ronseal Garden Paint and Rust-Oleum Garden Paint. I think they are all acrylics and give good coverage, dry quickly and last if the timber is good to start with.

boardsdotie44

I used weathershield recently on my two sheds, came up great :)

ted1

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looks boring. I tend to use Cupinol. 2 coats. And then a top up every second year

GreeBo

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Oil doesnt need to be plain, oils have colours

https://www.newventureproducts.co.uk/osmo-natural-oil-woodstains/178-osmo-natural-oil-woodstain

awec

It's a shed. Just lash the paint onto it and it'll be grand.

How long it'll last before it needs re-done will depend heavily on how exposed it is, if it's exposed to driving wind and rain it'll need re-done a lot sooner than if it's sheltered from the worst of the weather.

We used Cuprinol Shades for everything, indoors and out. Great stuff.

As others have said stains are much easier to recoat as they wear away rather than peel. Peeled paint needs loads of prep, stains none.

steamdave

I've used Cuprinol Ducks Back on wooden sheds. Says on the tin that it lasts for 5 years. Not a hope. I have had to repaint it every year. I have now gone on to Bondex, an oil based finish. I have used this on wooden external house doors very successfully over a number of years. There are other brands of oil based wood treatments - Sikkens is one.

If your shed is exposed to the weather or suffers from algae growth, I would advise against water based finishes.

Dave