On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:35:37 +0100, "john royce"
wrote:

Also what would be the best varnish or treatment to give the bamboo which
would stand up to the rainy U.K. climate, to prevent it all turning a
mouldy black colour?

I gave away a bamboo garden chair last year. It had been in my garden,
come rain or shine, for at least 20 years. It had never had any
treatment.

Steve

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