Garden Bench painting

[Jeremy2014]

Greetings,

I am in the middle of painting a garden bench.

I have sand it to remove any bit of flaky paints - some bit went back to raw wood - I guess this is how you call it and now staining it / painting it with the following product:
Ronseal / Hardwood Garden, Furniture Stain - English oak
See picture attached

This was recommended by the B& Q shop - however once painted, the colour does not cover properly the raw wood and which I was expecting.

Already done two layers! and really want your thought before I start on an extra two layers!!!

Am I using the wrong taint? product?

Thanks,

 

[Gerrydelasel]

Stain is not paint. It will stain bare wood (like it's supposed to) where you have sanded through, but where you have not sanded through it will just sit on top kinda like a varnish. You need to sand everything back to bare wood to get an even stained finish, or paint the bench instead.

(It looks like the bench may have been coated with a darker (mahogany?) stain originally. Your English oak colour is quite different).

 

[Jeremy2014]

Thanks for your reply and the clarification.

I guess the bench was then previously painted and not stained.

Seems I bought the wrong product for the finished that I wanted.

Could I get a pot of wood paint and paint over what I already done?
But then what kind of wood paint could i get, as it seems that all furniture wood are only stain.

 

[Gerrydelasel]

I guess the bench was then previously painted and not stained.

Garden furniture stain is not just stain, it's combined with varnish. That's probably what it had before.

Seems I bought the wrong product for the finished that I wanted.

Unless you sand the whole thing evenly back to bare wood, yes.

Could I get a pot of wood paint and paint over what I already done?

Yes. Give it all a quick, light sanding to key the surface. You'll need some sort of exterior paint, but here my expertise ends! Someone else should be able to advise.

 

[Jeremy2014]

Oh Mamamia!
Seems I am doing it all wrong!!! lol
I might just need to sell the bench and get a new one! Would be easier! lol

Already sending it to smooth the surface, so do not really want to start from Scratch!

I wonder if a darker stain could be do the trick!
or get a window paint?
http://www.diy.com/departments/rons...dark-oak-gloss-wood-paint-750ml/127632_BQ.prd

 

[Gerrydelasel]

Already sending it to smooth the surface, so do not really want to start from Scratch!

You don't need to sand it a lot, just scuff the surface really, so the paint sticks.

 

[geraldthehamster]

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[Jeremy2014]

That's great! This is what I done so far! So finger cross that should be fine!

Thanks so much for your help.
best wishes