Osmo Decking Oil

I was able to apply an even coating to my decking with this oil.

This was recommended to me for my new gates, it’s nice quality oil.

The coverage specified is not accurate, the instructions were clear apply a thin coat. Two coats is specified, despite my best effort I only managed one coat. On a positive note, when it dried and typically it rained. Perfect, all the water bubbled. Delighted, my concern is with one coat, will it last through winter.

Spreads really well and great advice from Wood Finishes Direct

I used grey oil on softwood decking which was about 2 years old and in good condition. It went on easy enough using a soft brush connected to a long handle. I found that it needed 2 coats and around one and half times the recommended amount. It looks good now but I'll have to see how it looks in a few months.

I’ve written this in review so many times after buying loads and loads of samples, could have saved a lot of time if the osmo tech I initially spoke to had directed me to the “natural oil wood stain” this product can also be used as deck stain and comes in the colours for European species like oak and pine. Osmo do not intend you to pick another species/colour to use over day pine..idea is you use “pine” or a variant of such as “Oregon pine”. These deck oils are a thinner version of the stain to penetrate dense exotic woods. The durability is the same, natural oil woodstain contains biocide and thus should be kept away from things like fish ponds, it is also one third more in price! For samples to mean anything you must clean, de grey and sand to 120 (unless it’s castellated) and use two coats, grey timber, rough sanding etc greatly skews the results. The 125ml size is useful as you can do a big area but always sensible to use the 5ml sachets first to knock out ridiculous options (suggest buying several sachets of each colour to do two coats and different areas etc). I nearly chose thermowood for pine but was dissuaded by the technical team, it can look mid brown..or very orange!

I use Osmo oils all the time and have yet to find a better product.

Good coverage, easy to apply leaves a great finish. I used two coats as the second finish was far superior.

I nearly chose this colour before realising it’s only intended colour wise for thermowood itself which sounds like a really bizarre timber! It looks brownish close too..even on pine it looks convincingly like the timbers natural colour. As I’ve said in previous reviews, it’s a stretch to see these stains effectively from one sachet, consider buying 3-5. Not least you really need two coats, once the sachet is open …you’re left with a tiddly bit that you can’t save 50% of until the following day. Also they only cover around 50cm of a 6” board. My feeling is it’s good to try these products on different areas, eg resinous knotty boards or in different parts of the garden. It’s really helpful to view them close to and from a distance. I’d also say they often mature over time..ideally if you can put them out a week or two before actually buying the full quantity of stain. I think once you have some favourites it’s best to get a 125 size and put out a larger area before going to the full quantity. Osmo has what I feel is an unusual approach, stains are meant to be used only on the timbers mentioned in the name eg..pine is for pine..mahogany..is not. You can of course do as you please, they certainly work on any timber but my feeling is time has been spent trying to enhance the visual quality of the associated species..mixing this up you essentially ignore that attention to detail. The decking oil range is predominantly for exotic and tropical timber then With this a notable exception. For European species you want the natural oil woodstain -this wasn’t obvious/made clear to me and I wasted a lot of time trying to find something that worked for pine from this range. 5ml samples make a handy start and the cheap postage and very fast dispatch from wood finishes appreciated, but for me really only good for narrowing things down/subtracting ridiculous colours

Mistakenly trying to find a colour for pine in this range I latched onto this as it was practically you only yellow stain in decking oil. It worked well on timber that was just washed and de greyed but on fully sanded timber it looks very muddy and patchy/the colour is erratic. As I’ve said in previous reviews, it’s a stretch to see these stains effectively from one sachet, consider buying 3-5. Not least you really need two coats, once the sachet is open …you’re left with a tiddly bit that you can’t save 50% of until the following day. Also they only cover around 50cm of a 6” board. My feeling is it’s good to try these products on different areas, eg resinous knotty boards or in different parts of the garden. It’s really helpful to view them close to and from a distance. I’d also say they often mature over time..ideally if you can put them out a week or two before actually buying the full quantity of stain. I think once you have some favourites it’s best to get a 125 size and put out a larger area before going to the full quantity. Osmo has what I feel is an unusual approach, stains are meant to be used only on the timbers mentioned in the name eg..pine is for pine..mahogany..is not. You can of course do as you please, they certainly work on any timber but my feeling is time has been spent trying to enhance the visual quality of the associated species..mixing this up you essentially ignore that attention to detail. The decking oil range is predominantly for exotic and tropical timber then With this a notable exception. For European species you want the natural oil woodstain -this wasn’t obvious/made clear to me and I wasted a lot of time trying to find something that worked for pine from this range. 5ml samples make a handy start and the cheap postage and very fast dispatch from wood finishes appreciated, but for me really only good for narrowing things down/subtracting ridiculous colours

If you’re looking for a deep red brown on timber this is a nice colour in itself but it’s not intended for anything but Bankirai. As I’ve said in previous reviews, it’s a stretch to see these stains effectively from one sachet, consider buying 3-5. Not least you really need two coats, once the sachet is open …you’re left with a tiddly bit that you can’t save 50% of until the following day. Also they only cover around 50cm of a 6” board. My feeling is it’s good to try these products on different areas, eg resinous knotty boards or in different parts of the garden. It’s really helpful to view them close to and from a distance. I’d also say they often mature over time..ideally if you can put them out a week or two before actually buying the full quantity of stain. I think once you have some favourites it’s best to get a 125 size and put out a larger area before going to the full quantity. Osmo has what I feel is an unusual approach, stains are meant to be used only on the timbers mentioned in the name eg..pine is for pine..mahogany..is not. You can of course do as you please, they certainly work on any timber but my feeling is time has been spent trying to enhance the visual quality of the associated species..mixing this up you essentially ignore that attention to detail. The decking oil range is predominantly for exotic and tropical timber then With this a notable exception. For European species you want the natural oil woodstain -this wasn’t obvious/made clear to me and I wasted a lot of time trying to find something that worked for pine from this range. 5ml samples make a handy start and the cheap postage and very fast dispatch from wood finishes appreciated, but for me really only good for narrowing things down/subtracting ridiculous colours

For me this didn’t work on pine and it’s not intended to! Read on! As I’ve said in previous reviews, it’s a stretch to see these stains effectively from one sachet, consider buying 3-5. Not least you really need two coats, once the sachet is open …you’re left with a tiddly bit that you can’t save 50% of until the following day. Also they only cover around 50cm of a 6” board. My feeling is it’s good to try these products on different areas, eg resinous knotty boards or in different parts of the garden. It’s really helpful to view them close to and from a distance. I’d also say they often mature over time..ideally if you can put them out a week or two before actually buying the full quantity of stain. I think once you have some favourites it’s best to get a 125 size and put out a larger area before going to the full quantity. Osmo has what I feel is an unusual approach, stains are meant to be used only on the timbers mentioned in the name eg..pine is for pine..mahogany..is not. You can of course do as you please, they certainly work on any timber but my feeling is time has been spent trying to enhance the visual quality of the associated species..mixing this up you essentially ignore that attention to detail. The decking oil range is predominantly for exotic and tropical timber then With this a notable exception. For European species you want the natural oil woodstain -this wasn’t obvious/made clear to me and I wasted a lot of time trying to find something that worked for pine from this range. 5ml samples make a handy start and the cheap postage and very fast dispatch from wood finishes appreciated, but for me really only good for narrowing things down/subtracting ridiculous colours

Easy to apply and very pleased with the level of coating, depth of colour and quality of finish after applying two coats. Hoping it will be as durable as it looks.

Our deck looks fantastic after 2 coats. I hesitate to give 5 stars as we need to see how it copes with wear & winter first

Seems a really good product, it is expensive , but hopefully will protect for a long time

Doesn’t Peel like cheaper products, expensive but worth it. Pity you couldn’t get larger tins especially for decking.

We oiled our golden sleepers in garden with Osmo grey. They came up a treat! One year on and after all the heavy rain the sleepers still look good. Gave them one coat this year to maintain. Very happy and would certainly recommend this product.

Goes on easy and goes a long way

Used it to oil teak garden furniture and it looks amazing . Easy to apply in very thin coats . Results are superb

Perfect coverage and easy to apply, colour dries nice and to a good finish