Hi All.
I have a question about decking that I could really do with answering today!
I have some wooden decking outside my flat that we havnt oiled for a while and as a result it was started to look a little "dry". In places the wood looked a bit weather so rather than just applying colourless decking oil directly to the wood I wanted to do a "proper" job and clean and sand down the wood before doing this. Sadly I now seem to have made the problem worse!...
I have attached some pictures to demonstrate.
http://i52.tinypic.com/28s7srs.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/21brbsx.jpg
On the far left this is the original wood (with no oil or sanding applied)
In the middle is simply applying the oil directly to the wood (without sanding)
On the far right is after both sanding and then applying the wood.
My problem is that the wood on the far right in the picture looks very "patchy". To get this effect I cleaned it (with washing up liquid and water) scrubbing with a long handle brush, then used a hand held electric orbital sander with (a roughness of "K120") and sanded down applying some pressure. The result was the wood looked brighter but its left these sort of patchy effects. Perhaps I could get these out by manually sanding down with sand paper but I am too scared to sand any further before seeking advice.
Long story short I dont want the entire deck to look patchy like this. As a result I tried simply oiling the wood (the middle plank in the photos). This looks more even and less patchy, but a lot darker and seems to me like it could do with sanding... i can't win!
Am I missing something here?
I don't really want to apply a varnish as I wanted the oil to be clear to be a natural wood finish.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I have a question about decking that I could really do with answering today!
I have some wooden decking outside my flat that we havnt oiled for a while and as a result it was started to look a little "dry". In places the wood looked a bit weather so rather than just applying colourless decking oil directly to the wood I wanted to do a "proper" job and clean and sand down the wood before doing this. Sadly I now seem to have made the problem worse!...
I have attached some pictures to demonstrate.
http://i52.tinypic.com/28s7srs.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/21brbsx.jpg
On the far left this is the original wood (with no oil or sanding applied)
In the middle is simply applying the oil directly to the wood (without sanding)
On the far right is after both sanding and then applying the wood.
My problem is that the wood on the far right in the picture looks very "patchy". To get this effect I cleaned it (with washing up liquid and water) scrubbing with a long handle brush, then used a hand held electric orbital sander with (a roughness of "K120") and sanded down applying some pressure. The result was the wood looked brighter but its left these sort of patchy effects. Perhaps I could get these out by manually sanding down with sand paper but I am too scared to sand any further before seeking advice.
Long story short I dont want the entire deck to look patchy like this. As a result I tried simply oiling the wood (the middle plank in the photos). This looks more even and less patchy, but a lot darker and seems to me like it could do with sanding... i can't win!
Am I missing something here?
I don't really want to apply a varnish as I wanted the oil to be clear to be a natural wood finish.
Any help would be much appreciated.
