Hi people.
We have inherited some lovely west facing oak french doors that get a lot of weather. They appear to have been coated with an acrylic varnish that has deteriorated and is allowing moisture through causing some discolouration around the double-glazed window panes and some staining around some of the joints.
Some people have said, and I have read somewhere, that we can just leave them and they'll go silver/grey but not rot because they're made of oak. others say the opposite and we should sand off the old varnish and re-coat them. If we should re-coat them what would you recommend? We like the colour of the natural oak and don't want to stain it with another colour.
thanks.
Steve
We have inherited some lovely west facing oak french doors that get a lot of weather. They appear to have been coated with an acrylic varnish that has deteriorated and is allowing moisture through causing some discolouration around the double-glazed window panes and some staining around some of the joints.
Some people have said, and I have read somewhere, that we can just leave them and they'll go silver/grey but not rot because they're made of oak. others say the opposite and we should sand off the old varnish and re-coat them. If we should re-coat them what would you recommend? We like the colour of the natural oak and don't want to stain it with another colour.
thanks.
Steve
