This wooden summerhouse came when we bought our house, best guess is it's 5-10 years old and clearly due for some attention. Generally in good nick but I would like to re-treat it. It nestles into some bushes on the far side (which I am cutting back) so one wall has quite a bit of green starting to develop.
My two questions are:
My two questions are:
- To prep it for applying a new coat, what is required? Clearly it needs to be clean, but how best to do that and does it also need some sanding... and if so can I just sand it to get all the dirt off too?
- I'm torn between wanting to use a traditional stain like Sadolin, or an oil-based product such as Osmo/Treatex which are expensive but apparently outsanding. I cannot find out what it was originally treated with but I think it was Sadolin or similar... does this mean I cannot use a different sort of product? I want to keep the look generally the same if possible, it's nice to see the grain through the stain rather than use an opaque paint.