Garden Bench-Grey Wood

[Wispy68]

I have two garden benches, which I bought a couple of years ago. They have now turned a horrible, dull grey colour. Is there an easy way of restoring their colour, without too much messing about?

[sft42]

Unfortunately no......I had a bench do the same thing once.....to get any nice colour back your going to have to get handy with the sandpaper and then a good outdoor varnish....either that or just paint the thing but you will probably need to sand it first for a half decent finish anyway.

[woofgang]

If you don't want to mess about then you could try teak oil if they are hardwood...you may not want to though in case it comes off on your clothes. Personally I like the silvery grey colour

[Cetti]

We used a very good wood varnish to paint our last years bench which looked brilliant - until the sun turned the varnish into tiny balls of sticky resin.

Woofgang's suggestion is exactly the same as the furniture supplier - teak oil.