Recent content by meggiedude

Not too sure about the bleach - might kill the old grape vine that roots under part of the deck. This is a problem with any chemical I suppose. Not so much desperate - just don't like giving in. Shouldn't have coloured the old deck in the first place - it came out darker than expected. Would be...

We all make mistakes and hindsight is a wonderful thing. In this instance there , there does not appear to be an easy way to recover from this mistake. Here is the response from Cuprinol btw. I don't give up easily, so I am still looking for guidance here from someone who may have used...

AAAHHHH!!!! Ok, thats not what I wanted to hear, but thanks for the feedback. TBH, I am kind of surpised no mainstream manufacturer (Cuprinol, Ronseal etc)has tackled this issue. The make the coloured oils after all. The Prepdeck I have found via google is about £30 - £40 for a 2.5litre...

The old decking was coated with a coloured oil, not a water based stain. When I have removed it all I want to recoat the old decking and newly built decking with a clear oil, so they both match.

Hi there, I have just build an extension to my decking to butt up against a new house extension. The new decking area is in virgin tanalised softwood decking board, and the 5yr old softwood decking has previously been treated with a coloured decking oil. I (rather my wife) wants the...