Billabong Garden Furniture
Picnic Table Maintenance Instructions
If they are badly weathered, it is best to wash them with a pressure washer, allow them to dry, then sand with 80 grit sand before coating. As soon as the wooden surface feels rough or looks dry, you should give the picnic setting another coat of Aussie Clear. The best way we have found is to use a general purpose sprayer and just spray it on thick. After an hour use a tough piece of cloth worked in a circular motion to remove any pooling on top. The surface should be dry enough to sit on after 24 hours. Not only is Aussie Clear Australian made, but we conducted our own independant tests (cut a boards up into short lengths, coated them and put them on the roof of the factory) over three years and it out performed all other similar products available at the time.
If your outdoor setting stains concrete, slate or pavers etc.
This can look very bad but is temporary. It fades very quickly in the sun and has usually completely gone within a couple of months. Once the setting has been out in a few showers of rain the tannin will have leached from the timber surface and it will no longer be a problem. If you want to avoid getting the stain in the first place, the only way is to leave the setting out in the weather until you have a few decent showers. If you sand your setting heavily it may start to leach tannin again. We have seen a 100 year old fence post that was recycled into a table leg and it still leached tannin over the concrete. Varnishes or kiln drying will not stop the staining.
