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Red Cedar outdoors

The best Osmo finishes for Red Cedar outdoors

The best way to treat Red Cedar outdoors is with Osmo UV-Beschermingsolie, because red cedar is naturally light and soft, so an oil mainly improves the surface's wear-resistance.

Wooden fascia boards

Products

  • Osmo UV-Beschermingsolie

    Osmo UV-Beschermingsolie

    Silk-matt, colourless protection based on natural oils for exterior wood.

    • High UV resistance
    • Transparent

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  • Osmo Natuurlijke Olie-Beits

    Osmo Natuurlijke Olie-Beits

    Osmo Natural Oil Stain is an oil and wax-based product that creates a protective surface after treatment. The surface is then resistant to water, dirt, and sunlight.

    • Stain
    • Mold resistant

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  • Osmo Landhuisverf

    Osmo Landhuisverf

    Osmo Country Colour is a product based on oils and waxes that creates a protected surface after treatment. The surface is resistant to water and dirt.

    • High UV resistance
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  • Osmo Vergrijzingsbeits

    Osmo Vergrijzingsbeits

    Osmo Greying Stain – Give your wood a modern, natural look.

    • Oil-wax combination
    • High UV resistance

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  • Osmo Transparante Hout Afwerking 000

    Osmo Transparante Hout Afwerking 000

    Osmo Transparent Wood Finish 000 is a colorless, semi-gloss wood treatment based on a natural oil base for exterior wood. The Transparent Wood Finish is porous, allowing the wood to breathe and reducing swelling and shrinkage. It is water-repellent and will not crack, chip, or peel. The Transparent Wood Finish penetrates deeply into the wood, smoothing the surface even with a single coat. A primer is not required.

    • Transparent
    • Mold resistant

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  • Osmo Terrasreiniger

    Osmo Terrasreiniger

    Highly effective concentrate for cleaning untreated or oiled wood. Quick and easy to use.

    • Cleaning
    • Water-based

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  • Osmo Kopshout Wax 5735

    Osmo Kopshout Wax 5735

    Osmo Endgrain Wax is ideal for treating the end grains of various outdoor wooden surfaces. By treating the end grains of your wood, you minimize swelling and shrinkage. The treatment also provides excellent protection. Osmo Endgrain Wax can be used on both soft and hard wood types, such as Bankirai, Teak, Massaranduba, Garapa, Pine, Spruce, Douglas Fir, Larch, and Cedar.

    • Transparent
    • Mold resistant

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  • Osmo Houtverf Dekkend 2104 Wit

    Osmo Houtverf Dekkend 2104 Wit

    The window and door finish that won't crack, peel, or flake. This opaque, semi-gloss, open-pore wood finish offers high performance and unparalleled durability. Osmo Opaque Wood Paint is UV-resistant, slowing the graying process. This makes it the ideal professional paint for windows, doors, and shutters. It can be applied without sanding, and no primer is required.

    • High UV resistance
    • Paint

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  • Osmo Hars Verwijder Set

    Osmo Hars Verwijder Set

    The Osmo Resin Removal Kit is suitable for removing leaking resin from all exterior wood. The kit can be used for resin on both color-treated and colorless wood.

    • Cleaning

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  • Osmo Dekkende Beits

    Osmo Dekkende Beits

    Extremely weather-resistant and UV-protective wood finish for treating exterior wood. Osmo Opaque Stain is a breathable and water-repellent product. Once dry, the stain is safe for humans, animals, and plants, and is also suitable for treating children's toys such as playground equipment. Osmo Opaque Stain is suitable for treating almost all exterior wood, such as facades, fences, gates, garden sheds, garden furniture, and carports. The Opaque Stain is not suitable for patios and decking. Osmo Opaque Stain dries after just 3 to 4 hours. This means the wood can be treated with two coats in one day.

    • Water-based
    • High UV resistance

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Oil for Red Cedar outdoors

Finish Red Cedar outdoors with Osmo UV-Beschermingsolie, for example in the colour 428 Red cedar or 431 Red Cedar licht. Red Cedar is a light, soft wood species with a warm reddish brown colour that is widely used for facade cladding. Without protection it turns grey under the influence of sun and rain.

UV-Beschermingsolie in two coats

UV-Beschermingsolie gives vertical wood 12 times more protection against UV light than untreated wood. First apply a coat of 428 Red cedar or 431 Red Cedar licht and then a coat of 420 clear. These light colours were developed to keep Red Cedar light in colour. We do not recommend two coloured coats. The oil is not suitable for horizontal surfaces. Also take a look at facade cladding.

Natuurlijke Olie-Beits

An alternative is Natuurlijke Olie-Beits in 728 Red cedar. It is a primer and top coat in one and suitable for all exterior wood. Apply two coats. Pigmented colours protect against UV, the clear 701 does not.

Soft wood, thin coats

Red Cedar is soft and absorbs oil quickly, especially when it is rough sawn. Apply thin coats and also treat the sawn edges and the back of the boards. Let new wood weather for at least six weeks. Read more in treating Swedish shiplap cladding and UV protection for wood. One litre of UV-Beschermingsolie covers about 18 m² per coat. Rinse used cloths with water afterwards, because cloths with oil on them can catch fire spontaneously.

Maintenance

The sunny and rainy sides of a facade weather fastest and need attention first. Clean with Terrasreiniger and never use a pressure washer. Remove the grey from weathered wood first with Power-Gel. For similar facade wood, also take a look at Thermowood outdoors.

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