Step 3 marine varnish.
Best finish for outdoor log furniture.
For a natural look penetrating oil finishes might be your best bet.
Common brands include interlux epifanes pettit and z spar.
They are usually fairly inexpensive and easy to apply but wear more quickly than varnishes.
On the downside it will only give you.
The last two are usually called deck stains and the opaque version looks like very low luster paint.
Step 2 epoxy sealer.
Best finishes for outdoors.
I usually buy the gallon size resin the.
Exterior varnish or urethane.
Yes you can finish furniture with deck coating which comes in clear semitransparent colors and opaque colors.
The simplicity with which a tree stump can be transformed into a piece of furniture is one of the main reasons why we recommend this type of projects.
Epoxy with exterior varnish.
My product of choice for this step is west system epoxy.
An exterior oil finish is definitely the simplest quickest way to treat an outdoor project.
If he insists on applying a finish maybe for looks or to make the surface smoother a boat varnish from a marina would be best because it would hold up better against the sun s uv light.
The best finishes effectively perform this function and last a long time.
In the article torture test for outdoor finishes fww issue 205 one of the best finishes was the combination of a penetrating epoxy sealer under epifanes marine varnish.
Just think about ho easy it would be to turn a tree log into a side table.
They can be bought from amazon.
Ingenious projects that turn wood logs into outdoor furniture.
In the past i used a product called clear penetrating epoxy sealer cpes.
Though boat owners might be willing to put up with the heavy maintenance as well as the high prices for quality formulations we don t recommend varnishes for most outdoor woodworking projects.