Best shed preservative

[Bob_A]

A long story cut short but I've been given a brand new shed.
My guess is that the wood has not been pressure treated but has been given a single coat of water based preservative.
Can anyone recommend a brand of preservative?
Are those Ronseal Fence life or Cuprinol Fence life products good enough, I believe they are water/waxed based.
Or perhaps a spirit based product but I'm not sure who makes them, got any ideas?

[r896neo]

for waterbased i have always liked cuprinol ducks back. The coverage is good and water instantly beads off it like a wax.

For longer lasting i use this

http://cuprinol.trade-decorating.co.uk/product...._bp.jsp

Oh and i don't work for cuprinol, just never liked ronseal after a bad experience and i have a dulux decorator centre near me who stock it.

[local patios and driveway]

Engine oil for me

[hondacrm]

Sikkens

[Bob_A]

Forgot to mention it's a budget shed, I don't mind spending money but not as much as if it where a top quality building worth £1000's.
The missus (who must always be obeyed) prefers a finish with a deep colour that Ducks Back gives you.
So unless anyone says different I was going to give it 2 coats of this
http://www.wickes.co.uk/red-plastic-wallplugs/invt/170774/
This is a spirit based preservative as runny as water.
Give it a couple of weeks to soak in and settle
Then two coats of Ducks Back?

[Mikey_C]

about 20 years ago, i painted over 100m of 6ft close board fence both side in mixture of engine oil and creosote, fence is sill there now, if you can I go for a sprayable type, if not you can get red cedar preservative like your buy a bit cheaper from toolstation or depending how much your buying and if they have one, b and q have got 20% off if you spend over a £100 this weekend.

[mikeh]

Try travis perkins they may still have some creocote on the shelf which while isn't as good as the proper stuff ain't half bad and is cheap too.

Mike

[Natajane]

Not really preservative, but I painted our shed in cuprinol in a nice heather purple colour - the shed was left for us and was a bit sh*t looking, it hadn't been looked after.

I have to say it smartened it right up and seems to have given it really good weather protection. I only needed 1 coat too. Compared to the cheaper paint I'd used elsewhere, the cuprinol stuff was dramatically better.

[Bob_A]

Shed has been done for a while now.
More recently we bought a log cabin.
My missus was fed up with 'wood' colours so we gave it two coats of wood preserver followed by two caots for Cuprinol Garden Shades.
Colour is Seagrass, looks pretty good, makes a change