Give Your Furniture an Instant Weathered Look

Let’s say you’ve just purchased some brand new outdoor furniture. It sure is beautiful, but it looks out of place because it is so new. Perhaps it stands out next to your older furniture, or maybe you just want your furniture to have an old, “weathered” feel. Regardless of your reasoning, it is quite easy to create a battered look in your backyard.

Several different manufacturers produce bleaching or weathering stains. These stains give your wood a weathered, gray look. It is also recommended that you periodically apply clear water repellant with mildewcide.

One of the highest recommended of these finishes is Cabot Weathering Stain Silver Gray. This stain is a deep penetrating, oil-based finished that lightens and protects exterior wood. It is a light color and immediately creates a natural silver gray "weathered" look while still allowing the grain, texture and color variations of the wood to show through. This stain is water repellent is also crack, peel and blister-repellant, as long as you apply according to the directions.

Cabot’s is just one of the different options for creating a weathered look. Do your research, and figure out which stain is perfect for your furniture. All of them are easy to apply, and give your wood an aged, grayish appearance.