Outside · Garden Furniture
Garden wood that stays warm, not weathered grey.
Bare or sun-bleached outdoor timber, fed from the inside — so teak, eucalyptus and acacia tables, benches and chairs shrug off rain and UV and are re-oiled in place, never stripped. Here is the system we specify for wooden garden furniture.
- Tables
- Benches
- Chairs
- Teak
The recommended system.
Two penetrating outdoor oils to choose from, no separate primer — Teak Oil 223 for teak and tropical hardwood, Terrace Wood Oil 236 for general exterior timber — plus a de-greying step to revive a weathered set before re-oiling.
For wooden garden furniture, this is the system we specify — the oil that protects it, and the step that brings a greyed set back. Pick one oil; both are self-priming and self-renewing.
There is no separate care product — outdoor oil renews itself: when the wood looks dry or worn, wipe it down and apply a fresh thin coat of the same oil, no sanding. The only extra step is for furniture that has already gone silver-grey: lift the grey first, then re-oil.
specifies two outdoor oils for garden furniture — Teak Oil 223 for teak and tropical hardwood, Terrace Wood Oil 236 for general exterior timber — and Anti-Greying Fluid 940 to bring a weathered set back. These are exterior oils for movable wood, not the lacquer-and-paint systems we specify for fixed facades, fences and garden houses; both oils contain an IPBC preservative, so they go onto bare or previously-oiled wood, never over an old film coat.
Why it’s demanding
What a season outdoors puts garden furniture through
Full sun & monsoon
UV bleaches the tabletop while rain soaks the seat — outdoor timber is attacked from above and below at once.
Handled & moved
Chairs are dragged, benches sat on and the whole set is shifted and stored for the rains — furniture is worked, not just stood on.
Greys without care
Left unoiled, outdoor wood turns silver-grey and dries out — a finish has to revive that tone and renew in place, never strip back.
Oil that moves with the wood, outdoors.
A film finish cracks and peels under sun and monsoon, and ends up sanded back to bare timber. A penetrating oil hardens inside the wood and stays open-pore — so the garden set you finish today is the one you wipe down and re-oil next season, not the one you strip.
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Got Questions?
Questions about garden furniture
Quick answers on formulation, application and Indian-climate suitability. Pulled from our full FAQ and TDS library.
- Teak Oil 223. Its TDS names teak furniture and garden furniture outright and is suited especially to tropical hardwoods such as teak and bangkirai — the timbers most Indian garden sets are made from. For general or mixed-species exterior hardwood, Terrace Wood Oil 236 is the alternative. Both are penetrating, open-pore oils that need no primer.
- No. Teak Oil 223 and Terrace Wood Oil 236 are self-priming penetrating oils — the first coat does the priming, soaking into the fibres rather than forming a surface film. There is no separate primer product for an oiled outdoor furniture finish; you simply oil onto clean, bare or previously-oiled timber.
- Yes — the de-greying needs no sanding. Anti-Greying Fluid 940 is an oxalic-acid cleaner that lifts the silver-grey and restores the warm wood tone on hard and soft woods. Apply it thinly, allow about 15 minutes contact (up to an hour on heavy greying), scrub with water, rinse and let it dry for 1–2 days, sand lightly — then re-oil with 223 or 236. The 940 gives no protection on its own, so the oil coat afterwards is essential.
- The oil is its own maintenance — there is no separate care product. When the wood looks dry, faded or worn, wipe the surface clean and apply a fresh thin coat of the same oil (223 or 236) with no sanding. A pigmented tone gives better UV protection on furniture in full sun and helps stop re-greying; if the set has already greyed, revive it with 940 first.
Ready to oil your garden furniture?
Open a product to download its TDS, or talk to a LEINOS specialist about your timber and exposure before you order.