Woodoc 30 / 35
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Woodoc Wood Treatment for Construction in Namibia
Timber on Namibian buildings — pergolas, decks, doors, exposed trusses — is an architectural promise the climate immediately tests. Builders who hand over Woodoc-sealed timber hand over something that still looks right at the retention inspection. Swachem supplies the construction trade’s Woodoc: exterior grades by the project quantity, deck systems for the lodge builds, and the primer that makes hardwood behave.
The local problems this range solves
- Timber elements greying and checking between practical completion and final account
- Lodge and residential decks specified in hardwoods that resist penetration
- Site-applied finishes failing because timber went up unsealed and baked first
- Maintenance expectations unset at handover, dooming the finish regardless
Compliance & documentation
Solvent-based grades on site follow flammable-storage practice; water-borne ranges are available where occupied-building application demands low odour.
Local tip
Seal end grain twice — Namibian timber fails from the ends inward, and the sixty seconds per post spent flooding end grain is the cheapest durability upgrade in the whole finishing schedule.
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Woodoc 50 (extreme exposure)
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Woodoc Deck Sealer is the exterior sealer built for walked timber — decks, stairs and walkways taking UV, foot traffic and thermal shock together. Penetrating protection in deck colours that erodes gracefully underfoot and recoats without sanding.
Available in1 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Woodoc Plus Life Primer is the penetrating primer that opens dense and resinous timber before sealing — the difference between a sealer that soaks in and one that sits on hardwood. Water-borne clear, applied first on meranti, teak-type hardwoods and previously weathered surfaces.
Available in1 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
The Woodoc Water-Borne Deck range seals walked exterior timber with low odour and fast recoat — in Clear, Imbuia, Mahogany, Natural, Oak and Teak. The choice for lodges and homes where a deck must be back in service the same weekend it was sealed.
Available in1 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Woodoc Wood Treatment for construction: asked and answered
When in the programme should site timber be sealed?
Before or immediately at installation — not at finishing stage. Namibian sun degrades bare timber surfaces within weeks, and sealer applied over UV-damaged fibres bonds to sacrificial material. Best practice on lodge builds: seal all faces (especially end grain) at ground level, install, then apply the final coat in place. It costs sequence, not money.
Which grade goes on a client’s pergola versus their front door?
The pergola takes full sky exposure: Woodoc 30 minimum, 50 where the spec or orientation is brutal, three generous coats. The front door under a porch runs 30 comfortably, primed first if it is a dense hardwood. Same product family, different exposure maths — and both need the maintenance conversation at handover.
What should the handover document say about sealed timber?
The truth: penetrating sealers need a maintenance coat when water stops beading — typically 12–24 months by exposure — and that maintenance is a clean-and-coat, never a strip. Builders who write that sentence into the handover file stop paying for climate as if it were workmanship. We supply maintenance-quantity pricing your client can act on.
Can we get project quantities and consistent colour across a big order?
Yes — trade quantities against a project account, with colour lines (Universal Colours, stain ranges) supplied from consistent batches so building A matches building C eighteen months later. For phased lodge developments we hold colour allocations against the programme. Ask for the trade card rather than buying retail tins per phase.
Serving Construction from our Windhoek branch
Swachem Windhoek · 2-8 Walter Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek · Tel 061 235 051 · Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00
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