| If you are looking for beautiful and resilient outdoor | | | | appearance will appear brighter. Remember that while |
| furniture, then you should consider patio furniture made | | | | teak oil will make your furniture look fantastic, but it |
| out of teak-wood. It is a durable lustrous wood that | | | | does not protect the wood from the elements. So |
| brings a classic design element to outdoor furniture. | | | | once you have all of your furniture rubbed with teak oil, |
| The natural color of the wood is a honey color, and | | | | you will want to look into ways to protect the wood |
| over time as it is exposed to the elements, the honey | | | | from the elements. |
| glow of the wood turns to a silvery gray. While some | | | | Teak-wood Maintenance |
| people actually prefer the gray color to the honey | | | | While there are several ways to protect your newly |
| color of the wood, if you find that all of your furniture | | | | oiled teak-wood furniture, none of them are |
| has aged a little more than you had planned, you can | | | | earth-shattering ideas, but they are all effective. The |
| return it to its lustrous honey glow in just a few easy | | | | first suggestion to keep the natural beauty of the |
| steps. | | | | wood glowing is to protect the piece of furniture from |
| Clean It First | | | | the elements as much as possible. You can buy |
| First, make sure that the wood is clean by using a mild | | | | waterproof covers for their furniture when it is not in |
| detergent and water. Scrub the furniture with a soft, | | | | use, and these covers also offer UV protection as |
| bristle brush, and you will the gray patina begin to | | | | well. Another way to protect it from the elements is to |
| slough off. If you have older furniture that has been | | | | bring it inside during the harsh, winter months. When |
| neglected for quite some time, it may take a little more | | | | you are bringing your teak-wood furniture indoors for |
| work to turn back the hands of time. Start with a very | | | | the winter, make sure to bring it in before the weather |
| find grade of sandpaper and sand away the tiniest | | | | turns really cold, so that the furniture is not suffering an |
| amount of the wood's top layer. You do want to take | | | | abrupt temperature change which could cause splitting |
| care not to be overzealous in your sanding duties. | | | | in the wood. If your furniture is still outside, and the cold |
| Simply sand a little at a time, because you can always | | | | weather has already sneaked in for the season, you |
| sand a little more; but if you start out too aggressively, | | | | can still move your furniture inside for the winter, but |
| you will wish that you could put some of the layers of | | | | make sure that you warm it up gradually. So first |
| wood back. | | | | move it to your garage to let it acclimate, and then you |
| Treat with Teak Oil | | | | can move it into the house to store. Or, you may just |
| Once the wood is cleaned and sanded and the gray | | | | decide that the garage is the perfect spot for the |
| patina is long gone, you can rub teak oil into the wood | | | | furniture to spend the long, cold winter. |
| to restore its honey luster and shine. The wood's | | | | |