Help! My 'cedar' fence treatment has turned out orange.

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Hi, I'm new to this forum so hope I'm posting this correctly.

I've just treated my new fence with 2 x coats of Cuprinol Natural Cedar decking oil, and it has turned out as a horrible orange colour. I was hoping for a nice warm brown colour.


Any suggestions for remedying the situation would be much appreciated.
 
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i think your expectations of cedar are a little inaccurate.

did you not do a small test area first?

no doubt the colouring will tone down a little - maybe greyer, but ceder will always lean towards the reds rather than browns.
 
It'll weather, just think about new fence panels, they're pretty orange when new.
 
they're pretty orange when new.

not new, but still orange

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I guess I was fooled by the sample bits of wood in B&Q which clearly showed the colour to be a lovely warm brown! I've now redone the fence with 'natural oak' which has more of a golden/yellow tint (though still not brown!) and hopefully it will fade as it weathers.[/quote]
 
We got ffooled by those when we had a our cabin built and prefinished aswell!! Golden Cedar from Cuprinol looked a nice warm colour in B&Q also on those small tester strips of wood.....

...turns up in the garden looking like its been Tangoed!

8 months down the line and its fading gradually and we will treat with a darker colour next time in a couple of years
 
It's really annoying isn't it? Have you identified a darker colour that will actually come out dark? I've used 2 Cuprinol oils now and they are both a light tint. Fingers crossed that mine fades fast!
 
Same with Cuprinol shed and fence treatment in "autumn gold" that I used on my sheds. Nothing like the nice colour of Homebase stuff that I got three years ago. It has faded a bit since application (in July) but it is still pretty garish.
 
I used 'Autumn Brown' once and that too was orangey and quite horrible, so I went over it with 'Country Oak' and that's nice and dark, I think you would like that one.
 

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