Shed treatment, advice please.

Sorry, really boring thread

My new shed has arrived (yay!) and I need to apply a treatment. It comes with the standard orange treatment guaranteed for 5 years but I don't trust it and it's a horrid colour! In the past I've always used creosote/creocote but this shed is big, I don't want it to stink for a month afterwards and I am bored with brown.

I love all the colours you can get now but am not keen on using a water based treatment. Can you get coloured shed treatments that aren't water based? If so, can anyone recommend one? (Would even love to see photos if you have any). I think I'd like green...

Many thanks!

 

I just use Cuprinol 5 star, its colourless.

 

Sorry I am boring and use cheapo brown stuff, but I did paint the door in a Gloss Blue this year...

 

Mine was the standard basic treated shed and painted it cream and black to match the house and garage. Not to everyone's tastes but it blends in well and looks less sheddy.

 

I used Cuprinol 5 yr Ducksback it is water based but wax enriched . I painted my shed green just over 5 years ago , the shades and finish are really nice . Don't let the water base put you off , they spray cars with water based paint on the production lines.
http://www.cuprinol.co.uk/products/5_year_ducksback.jsp#top

 

The one good thing about creosote is that it helps keep vermin at bay,if they try to bite their way through it, it is a form of poison. A chap who has the plot next to me is a big believer in waste oil,give's the shed a dark finish and it also helps to water prof it,He does it every other year and is as good as the day he bought it,

Ian

 

Yes creosote for me, also satisfying smell but can be a irritant. Not a fan of the wax water based stuff having tried some a few years ago and it washed off quite soon, mind it was not a known brand.

 

You haven't said if the wood is rough saw timber / fence like cladding or smooth tongue and groove. This dictates what treatment you can use. If you have a tongue and groove cladded shed then your choices are limited because the water based stuff won't adhere as well to it.