- 1. Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gilroy" <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:08:44 -0700
- I purchased a house with a deck attached and it needs to be stained. I power washed off the WA state slime and cleaned the deck with deck cleaner. Seems like that would cover the surface preparation.
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- 2. Re: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: "cornerexit" <cornerexit@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:48:14 -0700
- I'm in WA as well and put a new deck in last year. I used Cabot stain and considered using a garden pump sprayer but was hung up on the "back brushing" as well. I ended up using paint pads (they hav
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00020.html (9,338 bytes)
- 3. RE: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Nase" <nase@ptd.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:50:04 -0400
- I used a Cabot stain this year in May after pressure washing my deck. The stain didn't hold up over the summer. Where I have an awning covering the deck the stain is still good color. Everywhere else
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00021.html (8,087 bytes)
- 4. Re: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Murray <pete@partnercomm.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:10:45 -0400
- I used Sykkens Cetol DEK Finish in June to protect the new 12'X16' IPE deck we built (to replace the old/decrepit pressure-treated 9'X16'). It looks absolutely excellent after a summer of rain and su
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00022.html (8,600 bytes)
- 5. RE: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: "PJ McGarvey" <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:10:59 -0400
- I've used the Sikkens CETOL 1 product, and it is a very good one, tho hard to Much better from personal experience than the Cabot finishes I've used. Phil, since you are near Philadelphia, I'll menti
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00026.html (9,540 bytes)
- 6. Re: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: Peter Murray <pete@partnercomm.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:24:14 -0400
- (I got so long-winded with this that I figured Shop-Talk may find this of interest...): Well, that's the theory. I knew that PT would just end up looking the same way after not too long (without a lo
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00036.html (9,836 bytes)
- 7. Re: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: LSAPEX@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:54:43 EDT
- Can anyone confirm the fact that Trex gets very hot in the sun (too hot to walk on) or is this just not true? I hadn't thought about the end-of-life story in this case, but that is a good point as we
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00038.html (7,365 bytes)
- 8. Re: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:04:31 -0400
- I hate Trex both structurally and aesthetically. It feels like you are walking on a mattress and looks like you are living in a prison. Yuck! Jon
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00043.html (7,683 bytes)
- 9. RE: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Nase" <nase@ptd.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:58:52 -0400
- Perhaps you need a bigger awning? :) -Peter ___________________________________ And a smaller deck;) Phil Nase
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00044.html (7,098 bytes)
- 10. Re: Staining a deck (score: 1)
- Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:45:46 -0400
- We use TWP www.twpstain.com and it will maintain its color for two or three years around here. I'm just up the road in Coopersburg. Jon
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00046.html (8,098 bytes)
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