powder varnish or stain and varnish timber with technical would care expert Andy Palmer if you've got noise timber around your house maybe a door maybe a window frame you need to protect it ideally use a varnish which seals the timber to protect it from moisture there's interior valleys which is fine for furniture and most timber inside and exterior which has the most UV and weather protection for wood that's exposed have you thought about changing the color of your timber rather than just protecting it with a clear polyurethane varnish you can get varnishes that are tinted with colors so you stain and varnish your timber in the one process whatever you choose they both go on the same way today I'm going to coat a door and I want to put up with exterior durability so I'm gonna use Cabot's exterior varnish stain you'll also need some fine sandpaper and a good quality brush first thing you need to do is choose a color Cabot's exterior varnish stain is available on four bases that can be tinted and it paints two into dozens of colors okay step one is preparing the timber because we want to smooth glossy finish it's important to start with smooth timber even though new timber looks smooth make sure by giving it a light seen with 180 grit sandpaper take the edge off sharp corners to give the varnish something to clean to make sure you get rid of all the dust you don't want any funniest way into the coating stir the can thoroughly don't shake it because that will form little bubbles that will end up in your finish look at the way the TV's been put together to work out here you'll work around your piece start with the heart coat areas and work around your project following the direction of the grain move on to the flat areas so you can lay off and smooth long strokes where boards intersect always brush in the direction of the drain allow the first coat to dry and keep it protected as it's drawing you don't want any particles landing on it once it's dry give it another lights and you don't have to spend long you just give it a quick rubdown with 220 grit sandpaper wipe off all the sanding dust and give it another cut apply a second coat the same as the first you'll notice the second coat makes the color deeper you can keep putting on coats until you get the color intensity that you're after otherwise two or three coats is usually plenty this will keep your timber nice and protected Cabot's would care made easy