This is the ninth in an ongoing series of blogs related to a wooden home project in Chiang Mai, Thailand (the capital of northern Thailand) that is being finished with TufShield™. You can refer to the first blog entry regarding this project on January 9 to learn about the project background and to see some pictures of the untreated wood and the home itself as it's being built.

In Thailand Wooden Home Project blogs 1 - 8, we shown various pictures of the actual house itself as it's being built and as it's being finished with TufShield™. As noted throughout the previous 8 blogs the wood has been finished with 4 coats of TufShield™ Base Coat followed by 2 coats of Top Coat Satin.

In this blog, we'll change gears a bit and show some pictures of outdoor teak furniture that will be used by the homeowners around the house that has been finished with 4 coats of TufShield™ Base Coat followed by 2 coats of Top Coat Gloss. The furniture had previously been unfinished.

To the right you'll see a picture of a set of teak benches and a teak table that have already been finished with TufShield™. You can see TufShield™ cans resting on top of the table.











To the left is a closer look at the teak table. You can see the glossy finish that was achieved.






















Here is a closer look at one of the teak benches after being finished with TufShield™.



















Here is a close up shot of the backrest of one of the teak benches. You can see the texture of the wooden backrest is much different than the smooth wood used on the seat and legs.














To the right is a front facing shot of one of the teak benches.

















Here is another shot of the benches and table together from a different angle.















To the right is a close up shot of the teak table with the TufShield™ product cans resting on top.

Labels: bench, exterior, furniture, gloss, table, teak, thailand

This is the eighth in an ongoing series of blogs related to a wooden home project in Chiang Mai, Thailand (the capital of northern Thailand) that is being finished with TufShield™. You can refer to the first blog entry regarding this project on January 9 to learn about the project background and to see some pictures of the untreated wood and the home itself as it's being built.

In this entry, we'll see some full shots of the house including a picture of the house after the scaffolding was removed after TufShield™ had been completely applied so you can get a sense of the size of the whole building project.

These shots show the house after TufShield™ had already been applied to the exterior of the building and in particular to the wood on the top half of the home exterior, the window frames and to the wooden railings and support beams.

To the above right you will see an exterior shot of the front of the home before the scaffolding had been removed. Just a reminder, all external and internal wood used on the home was finished with 4 coats of TufShield™ Base Coat followed by either 2 coats of Top Coat Satin or 2 coats of Top Coat Gloss.

Most of the wood used on the entire project was finished with the Top Coat Satin and in these series of blogs we are showing examples of both the Satin and Gloss finishes so you can see the difference. In fact, the next blog will show outdoor wood furniture finished with Gloss.








To the left is a picture of the exterior of the rear of the home before the scaffolding had been removed.













Here is a picture of the front of the home after the scaffolding has been removed. The TufShield™-treated wood is visible on the top half of the exterior of the home as well as the teak window frames and wooden support beams.







In Chiang Mai - the region of northern Thailand where this home is being built - day temperatures stay fairly consistent year-round between 28°C-34°C (82°F-93°F). This region gets over 1,120 mm (44 in) of rain each year so TufShield™ will protect against both the sun - and more specifically the damaging effects of UV - as well as the significant precipitation that the wood will be subjected to.

As always, you can click on any of the above pictures to blow them up to see the wood in greater detail.

In the next blog we'll show some pictures of outdoor teak furniture that has been finished with TufShield™ Top Coat Gloss that will be used by the homeowners outside the house.

Labels: exterior, thailand, wood home

This is the seventh in an ongoing series of blogs related to a wooden home project in Chiang Mai, Thailand (the capital of northern Thailand) that is being finished with TufShield™. You can refer to the first blog entry regarding this project on January 9 to learn about the project background and to see some pictures of the untreated wood and the home itself as it's being built.

In this entry, we'll see some shots of antique wooden doors that were used in the home including the first shot to the right which shows one of the staff members cleaning a pair of Indian teak doors that are over 150 years old!

The Indian doors were previously coated with a blue and beige paint over the entire door - you can still see chips of the paint visible on both doors - but over time the paint eroded. The home owners wanted to maintain the total antique feeling of the colours so they left the paint remnants intact on the doors. By applying the TufShield™ Base Coat and then Top Coat Satin over top, it effectively "locked" in these colours and antique look while protecting the paint from eroding further and protecting the wood at the same time. In the words of the home owner regarding the final result:

"It came out fantastic!"










To the left, you'll see the doors after they've been finished with TufShield™. The wood has achieved a darker brown look without taking away from the antique look.

The doors are now protected against the elements with the standard TufShield™ application of 4 coats of Base Coat and 2 coats of Top Coat Satin.








All the pictures you will see below are of other antique wood doors that have all been finished with TufShield™ Base Coat (4 coats) followed by 2 coats of Top Coat Satin.











Here is a shot of a pair of 90-year-old teak wooden front doors that have been completely finished with TufShield™ but not yet installed.




















Here is a close up of one of the antique teak front doors that you just saw above.



















Here is a shot of the 150-year old Indian teak doors after having been installed.























Here is a shot of the two 90-year old antique doors after having been installed.













As always, you can click on any picture to blow it up and see it in greater detail.

In our next blog, we'll see additional photos of the finished wood as the house is being completed.

Labels: antique, front door, thailand, wooden doors

This is the sixth in an ongoing series of blogs related to a wooden home project in Chiang Mai, Thailand (the capital of northern Thailand) that is being finished with TufShield™.

You can refer to the first blog entry regarding this project on January 9 to learn about the project background and to see some pictures of the untreated wood and the home itself as it's being built.

For this blog entry we'll go inside the house and see some closeup shots of teak that has been completely finished with TufShield™. Specifically, this wood that has been finished with 4 coats of Base Coat and 2 coats of Top Coat Satin.

To the right, you'll see the finished teak bannister.











Here is another shot of the teak bannister. You can see the floor (made of maka wood) that has also been finished with TufShield™.


















Here is a closeup shot of a completely finished teak window. Back in the January 13 blog entry, we saw some close up shots of the teak window after the rub stain had been applied.




















Here is a shot of one of the teak ceiling beams that has been completely finished with TufShield™.















This external teak door has been finished with TufShield™ but hasn't yet been installed. This was a brand new door which was previously unfinished.

Back in "Thailand Wooden Home Project Blog #3" on January 15, we showed pictures of several teak doors like this one being treated with the TufShield™ Base Coat after they had already had the dark rub stain applied.








For our next blog entry, we'll show some recent pictures of the house as it continues to be finished with TufShield™. We'll include some pictures of some additional antique wood that was used in the home including a 150 year old Indian door set with before and after shots.

Labels: banister, bannister, base coat, ceiling beam, finished, satin, thailand, wooden home