Surface Treatments and Finishes

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  • Surface treatments help protect against: Weather, Scratches, Moisture, Insects, Fungus and UV (WSMIFU)
  • Surface treatments also help with aesthetics
  • Wood stains enhance colours
  • Painting in different colours to customers tastes
  • Tanalising: preservatives added to timber
  • Preservative is pumped under pressure, forcing the preservative liquid to penetrate the outer cells of the timber
  • Tanalising can help extend wood life for decades
    Delay rotting process
    → Protect against insect and fungal attack