Until recently we have been using Cuprinol to treat our log stores. It took us a while when we first started to find a finish we were happy with. A nice oil finish, a good choice of colours, and easy to treat using a brush which I believe gives a better finish than roller or spray.
Then around April 2011 they changed the formulation. It became a sort of grey sludge consistency which was very hard to brush on, and the colours were slightly different . The finish we didn’t like as much either, it seemed a bit dull compared to oil.
Back to the drawing board, and trying several other varieties of treatment that are spirit based. Out of all of them the Blackfriars seemed the best for our needs. So now we use Blackfriars. We get the Gold Star version, it only had 4 colours Light Brown, Dark Brown, Cedar and Green, but the gold star treatment, the end finish, and the ease of use by brush swung it for us.
The colour chart of their website of course bears no resemblance to the colour it actually looks on wood! But let’s face it, Light Brown is light, but a darker colour than it is shown, and Dark Brown really is very dark, which again you wouldn’t guess from the colour chart which shows it as a mid brown.
Garry said,
May 16, 2011 @ 6:50 pm
Sorry it took so long to give you some feed back of quality the log store I bought for my parents. They are delighted with it and showing it off ot all their friends. It beats an untidy wet pile of logs outside the kitchen door that I had to keep tidy. Now they cant wait to put more logs in it so roll on Winter! Well done and thanks again, Garry