I have a beautiful wood bench that the hornets have stripped a lot of the wood from. I would like to stain it and spray it to keep them away from it. Would a clear varnish do the trick?? Thank you!!

This picnic table is unfinished and has weathered for many years outside, but it's still in good condition so I'd like to restore it. The wood is very rough, and will probably need to be sanded (unless there's an easier way to smooth it out). It's never been painted, it's just been left to age naturally (lots of moss growing on it). The benches are still in good condition also. After I finish working on it, I'd like to put something on it to better protect it from rain, etc. I've never done this before, but I'm up for the challenge!

We have some outdoor wood picnic tables that are currently unfinished and kind of grayish from being outside for years. I would like to sand them then apply a clear polyurethane finish on them. Is that what I would use? Is there a special kind that I need? I've never done this before so any help would be great! By the way, I don't know if this matters, but the tables are in the sun pretty much all day. Thanks for your help. If I just sand it instead of powerwashing it, will it also work?

I just bought a wooden glider-bench at a garage sale. It seems in fair shape, no rot and minimal rust, but the wood is VERY dry. It has some remnants of an old stain finish still in it; I'm certain it isn't paint. After sanding it down to remove the rough places, how can I put some glow back into the wood? Wax? Oil? Special finish? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Please provide address of the place that does closest to 90005 zip code if you can. Closest one to my home address (which I will not provide) gets best answer.

I'm doing a scale model of a TV news set for a class. Part of the requirement is to find out what materials are needed and how much the whole thing costs. In my set there are benches and cabinets for TV sets, because it is a kids' news show.

I would like to know the best way to do this as I need to secure two cedar wood benches to the blacktop of a church parking lot for my Eagle Scout award project. Thank you in advance!