Ronseal Fence and Shed Preserver - for Decking
Nov 8, 2026
Using Ronseal Shed and Fence preserver for my deck at home. Took 3 coats but made a great finish. It was painted on during very hot sunny weather when the wood was most expanded and able to absorb maximum liquid.
It is a solvent based treatment so penetrates wood very well. I don't really like water based treatments as they tend not to shed water as well as solvent based products.
I didn't fancy using 'proper' decking paint as I've seen it wear badly on many peoples fdecks - especially on areas of heavy use. Time will tell if this does any better.
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Hello this is Richard, also known as Pond Guru.
Today I'm going to be using this stuff,
Ronseal Shed and Fence Preserver,
to paint the decking that I've got outside of my log cabin.
Has been pressure treated,
I really just want to put this on to give it a bit more colour,
darken it down a little bit, and this is actually green colour.
We're using that as a contrast to the brown
that I painted the log cabin with.
Hardly one of the labours of Hercules,
painting decking, but it's time consuming.
Literally all you've got to do is dip a brush in a pot
of the treatment, brush it on, simple as that.
So I'm not going to bore you with the details of that.
I'm just going to simply give you
a quick look around before and then after.
Before I get
started,
I just want
to point out
really what
you should
be looking
for in a good
stain
or a good
preserver.
This is flammable and also may cause skin drying
or cracking, toxic to aquatic organisms.
It may cause allergic reactions,
it's exactly what you want to be looking for.
The last thing you want to treat any wood
with is something that's safe enough to drink
because it will be just as effective as water.
This has now had three coats, it's taken quite
a while to put on. Not so much on here
but on the handrail it's just seemed to take an age,
especially since it's so high off the ground.
Had to kind of get a ladder to do the outside
but it's made a really nice effect.
First coat soaked right in, second coat bonded to that.
third coat give a really smooth waxy finish
which really sheds the water so it's a really nice
effect i didn't fancy the kind of proper decking paint
because it's with paint you've got a
thoroughfare i.e a path going from here around
this corner to the door with paint you tend to
get it all scuffed off and then end up with a horrible line going
from from here to here hopefully with
Hopefully with the stain you won't get that.
It's got a really nice...
Finished to it and quite pleased.