Recent content by john874

I got fed up of looking for alternatives in the end and decided to go ahead and paint it. The colour came out quite nice actually to my surprise! When fully dry I would say it even has a slight tint of red, a lot nicer than orange :) Got some Ronseal Weatherproof for the front door and porch...

Thanks for the message footprints. I've had a look at the Creocote but saw a couple of reviews saying it only lasts a year :( Have you had any experience with the other Ducksback shades.. Autumn Brown or Forest Oak? I saw a post somewhere that said Forest Oak came out quite light.

After looking for a decent paint for the fence that would keep its colour for a while I decided to go with Cuprinol Ducksback. I was looking for a colour in the medium - dark brown range and thought the Harvest Brown looked about perfect. Autumn Brown seemed very red and Forest Oak almost black...