Outdoor furniture refinishing in Del Mar, CA

While we don’t often refin­ish fur­ni­ture as a stand­alone ser­vice, this par­tic­u­lar client had already invit­ed us to com­plete a num­ber of oth­er paint­ing projects around their Del Mar home. Refin­ish­ing projects too, includ­ing stain­ing a gor­geous garage door.

So, when they asked about stain­ing their wood­en out­door fur­ni­ture, we were hap­py to help. Raul, our res­i­den­tial ​“stain wiz­ard” worked his mag­ic once again. 

Before and after: stain­ing out­door furniture

The pic­tures tell the major­i­ty of the sto­ry here! Be sure to click through to get a full per­spec­tive, and then we have a few tips and ideas for you below. 

Why is wood refin­ish­ing important?

Is it beau­ti­ful? Absolute­ly, and that’s worth a lot in itself. But stain offers a few more prac­ti­cal benefits:

• UV-resis­tance. Our San Diego weath­er is a joy, but all that sun­shine is tough on your wood sur­faces. Stain is like sun­screen for your wood, let­ting all that nat­ur­al warmth soak in but repelling the harm­ful rays that fade and deteriorate. 

• Mois­ture-resis­tance. Left unpro­tect­ed, wood falls prey to mois­ture very, very quick­ly. This is how rot sets in, which then can only be repaired by invest­ing in more sub­stan­tial wood repair, replace­ment, and filling. 

• Pest-resis­tance. Just like the rest of us, pests are hap­py to find a path of least resis­tance. Unfin­ished wood offers an easy entrance, espe­cial­ly once it’s com­pro­mised by decay from the oth­er ele­ments work­ing against it.

How often do you need to refin­ish wood surfaces?

It depends, but we typ­i­cal­ly rec­om­mend refin­ish­ing every 2 – 3 years. Sur­faces can some­times go much longer. The key is to real­ly mon­i­tor and main­tain, rather than just wait until the wood is in des­per­ate need of atten­tion. If you wait too long you’ve made it vul­ner­a­ble to all the threats we list­ed above which negates the ben­e­fits of stain­ing in the first place. 

Have more ques­tions about exte­ri­or paint­ing and stain­ing in San Diego?

We’re here to help! Con­tact us at Chism Broth­ers Paint­ing today and let’s cre­ate a plan for pro­tect­ing, main­tain­ing, and enhanc­ing all your surfaces.