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5 Mistakes You Must Avoid When Maintaining Your Outdoor Wood As winter approaches, homeowners and outdoor enthusiasts alike begin to think about protecting their spaces from the season’s harsh conditions. One key aspect of winter preparation is ensuring that wooden furniture, decks, and outdoor structures are ready to withstand the cold, moisture, and frost. Preparing […]

5 Mistakes You Must Avoid When Maintaining Your Outdoor Wood Outdoor wood—whether decking, furniture, or fencing—brings a natural charm to your space. However, without the right maintenance, it can deteriorate rapidly. Many homeowners unknowingly make mistakes in caring for their outdoor wood, which leads to premature aging, damage, and costly repairs. In this guide, we’ll […]

Deck after Deks Olje D1

Take a look at our favourite decking transformations from the Owatrol community using Owatrol products. It might help you decide on which product is the best option for you! Wood oil finishes We have a wide variety of oil-based wood finishes available. Our most popular ones are Deks Olje D1, Textrol and Aquadecks. Deks Olje […]

How to save money on paint

How to save money on paint

Posted on in Decorating

As much as we all love a freshly decorated project, it can be expensive. So today we want to share some of  our top tips on how to save money on paint so you can have the room, deck, shed or fence of your dreams for less! There are a wide variety of things you […]

After Net-Trol and Textrol

Sadly, it’s all too common to see what was once a beautiful wooden decking, transform into a cold, dark and gray decking due to an inferior product being used to finish it. This customer’s decking was finished with a low quality oil which lasted only 3 months before turning their beautiful new deck into a […]

Mixing cups and stirring sticks for acrylic paint pouring

Over the past couple of years, the creative people out there may have seen acrylic paint pouring take and become extremely popular world wide. And we can see why! If you have been thinking about getting into acrylic paint pouring art but weren’t quite sure where to start, then this post is for you! We […]

Resin top coat over fluid paint pour by The Fluid Fox

There are a variety of ways in which you can seal your acrylic paint pour. Depending on the overall look you are wanting to achieve will depend on which product/s you should use to seal it. Today we will be showcasing the 3 most common ways of sealing your acrylic paint pour, complete with pros […]

Completed resin art piece

How to make resin art

Posted on in How To Guides

The creative people out there may have seen acrylic paint pouring take off this year and become extremely popular world wide. Along side this we have noticed that resin art has been on the rise as well. And we can see why! If you have been thinking about getting into resin art but weren’t quite […]