Hi All
I built myself a rather large deck last year to level my garden off. I really did put a great deal of thought into how to treat it and came to the conclusion ( wrongly ) that as Sadolin make such fine products than the new decking stain range would be the way to go!
I realise now ( too late ) that i should have used an oil. I have looked at loads of decks this spring and the only ones which seemed to survive regardless of the brand are the ones which were oiled.
As it had flaked off so badly over the winter i just had to jet wash it, i realise that that is not really advised but other than sanding it for the next 5 years i felt it was the way to get the loose stuff off.
I am now left with a bit of a mess and not really sure what to do???
As the picture shows some parts are still completely stained and some is bare wood. Most of it is somewhere between. Im pretty sure that if i simply put more stain on it, it will always show the different layers and be kinda patchy ( not to mention that it will look the same next year ) It would take forever to sand it back to bare wood, so...................what the hell do i do with it?
Eh not sure how you see the photo but here is the link to it
//www.diynot.com/network/fergzx9r/albums/
Thanks very much
I built myself a rather large deck last year to level my garden off. I really did put a great deal of thought into how to treat it and came to the conclusion ( wrongly ) that as Sadolin make such fine products than the new decking stain range would be the way to go!
I realise now ( too late ) that i should have used an oil. I have looked at loads of decks this spring and the only ones which seemed to survive regardless of the brand are the ones which were oiled.
As it had flaked off so badly over the winter i just had to jet wash it, i realise that that is not really advised but other than sanding it for the next 5 years i felt it was the way to get the loose stuff off.
I am now left with a bit of a mess and not really sure what to do???
As the picture shows some parts are still completely stained and some is bare wood. Most of it is somewhere between. Im pretty sure that if i simply put more stain on it, it will always show the different layers and be kinda patchy ( not to mention that it will look the same next year ) It would take forever to sand it back to bare wood, so...................what the hell do i do with it?
Eh not sure how you see the photo but here is the link to it
//www.diynot.com/network/fergzx9r/albums/
Thanks very much