Built a new house with 60 sqm spotted gum deck and was persuaded by marketing to use Intergrain nature's oil to seal and protect this, hoping to keep the colour in the beautiful timber. We left the deck for a couple of months to dry, then used Reviva as per the instructions, then applied the Nature's oil, again following instructions. It looked good for a couple of weeks and seemed to repel the moisture. Soon however it was clear that water was again penetrating the timber. I applied a 3rd coat of the natures oil at that stage.
This week I gave...Read more

I noticed a similar review stating Intergrain Oil was excellent for Cedar, unfortunately I totally disagree. I spent a lot of money building a shed with Cedar 3 years ago because I loved the red in the timber. I was advised to use Intergrain Timber Oil to maintain the colour. I now have a black shed and the only natural Cedar colour left is the top board which is protected from the sunlight. The colour change from natural Cedar to almost black is not only disappointing, I have wasted a lot of money on both timber and Intergrain. I am conf...Read more

We oiled a new mixed Australian hardwood deck with Intergrain Nature's Timber Oil (Natural colour) and are very happy with the result - I've attached some before and after pics. This is the first time we have oiled a deck, so were a bit nervous about using an oil (over the water based products which everyone said were easier to use, but didn't bring out the features of the timber as well) but I'm really glad we went with the oil. The deck looks amazing (it has really made the timber look fab!) and the product was forgiving and very easy to us...Read more

I just had a 9X3 metre deck built and I wanted to make sure it would be protected. I looked at a number of forums to see if oil based would be better than water based finishes. I decided to apply an oil based finish and selected Intergrain Natures Timber Oil - natural. The deck was built with Kapur. I applied the first coat, using the lambswool pad, and it soaked in very quickly. It was touch dry in about 20mins. There was no purple hazing or abnormal staining. The deck looked great. The next day I applied a second coat and that went on just as...Read more

Bought on July and just applied on front decking spotted gum, when open the lid, it's looks and feels exactly same as Cabot's natural decking oil, only except you can smell a bit of eucalypt's more than real oil smell. I had bad yellow experience with Cabot's decking oil with spotted gum, so I bought this "top oil", unfortunately, it's as yellow as Cabot's, I don't know about the 95% recycle, or other natural stuff on the intergrain oil, but I think it's waste of money if you apply on spotted gum, might be ok with dark color wood, i.e Merbau, J...Read more

Having just sanded back my 40m2 merbau deck after being disappointed by Intergrains Ultradeck requiring strict maintenance time lines I decided an oil based product was best. I tested a number of oils but found Natures timber oil in Natural provided the best natural colour. It is much easier and a lot quicker to apply then water based products and doesn’t show cut in lines.
I coated twice and on the second coat removed the excess oil with a rag after 20minutes.
The deck will have a strong oil smell for a few days.
The deck will look very dar...Read more

This was applied to a pre-coated 10 year old deck that had the ridges up as well as a 4 year deck that had not previously been coated with the smooth side up.
I tested on a new piece of Merbau and it looked great.
It is easy to apply though the preparation takes much longer as you have to use their proprietary products to clean the decking which I used along with pressure cleaning the deck three times prior to application.
Well, shock horror when applied there was a strong blue tinge nothing like the new Merbau. I contacted Intergrain and wa...Read more

After being recommended the intergrain product by a professional painter, I used the Ultradeck product, with mixed results. The surface peeled within 12 - 18 months of 1st application. On another deck, i used the natures timber oil in natural tint on a pacific jarrah hardwood. This went on well, however hid a little of the grain. After approx 12 months, it was reapplied, as per the directions, after being prepped with Reviva. It wasn't quite the colour we had been chasing. When the timber was wet, it had beautiful reds and an amazing grain. Af...Read more

I have spent 9 months every weekend building the deck out the back of my place. 90sqm Jarrah all the way. a big investment. It had to look the best. I looked at all the reveiws on here and tested a few of the waterbased products and decided i did not like the way they sat on the wood and formed a layer that might flake off later. sadly there are no sample pots of oil based decking oil at any store i went to. I took a wild shot in the dark ignoreded most of the reviews and went for 14lts of Natures timber oil in a Jarrah tint. The product was s...Read more

I have no idea why the negative reviews as I just completed my blackbutt decking boards and has come up a real treat! I have been doing detailed joinery for 30yrs + so I do understand the properties of timber. I coated my timber both sides and edges as to seal it all round prior to installation as I can't recommend highly enough to do this for a professional job. Once completed then proceed to give another coat on the surface to complete the job. Yes the timber will come up darker than you might think but it just adds to the richness of the ti...Read more