Wood Protection and Colouring with CUTEK®

All CUTEK® exterior wood oils are sold as clear, and, if applied without an added Colourtone, will cause the timber to quickly lighten naturally into a beautiful silver patina on exposure to sunlight and UV.

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CUTEK® Extreme CD50 and CUTEK® Wood Preservative diffuse deeply into timber and will continue to provide moisture protection and improve dimensional stability even if the CUTEK® Colourtones are not added, and the wood becomes weathered and grey.

If you would like to retain the natural freshly oiled colour of the timber you’re working with or alter the colour of the timber, you must add a suitable Colourtone to the clear oil. Choose one of CUTEK’s 16 Colourtones which have been specifically developed to closely match many popular wood species.

CUTEK® Colourtones are transparent and will vary significantly on different timber species, and even two timbers of the same species can vary significantly in grain, colour and texture which can affect the end result. CUTEK recommends that you use a sample sachet on the exact timber you intend to coat before adding a CUTEK® Colourtone into a CUTEK® exterior oil product.

Most wood care products on the market leave a build-up of material on the surface of the wood. In the short term this provides more colour, but in the long term the finish can be prone to peeling and flaking, which requires time and money to repair. The CUTEK® system is unique because colour is designed to fade slowly over time rather than peel or flake.

New smooth timber that’s exposed fully to the weather will lighten faster over the first six months after installation than older, rougher timbers over the same time period. A follow up application of CUTEK® Colourtoned oil after the initial six months weathering period will provide much greater Colourtone build and durability as the wood becomes rougher and more absorbent of pigment over time.

Head to CUTEK® to order a free pre-mixed sample sachet today!

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