This long post is sort of a followup to Rob's thread on "Deck Rebuild" http://ncwoodworker.net/forums/showthread.php?p=372939#poststop. I hope it's helpful for some of you -- even if you have a slightly smaller deck.
Maybe you should view this more as a followup on Rob's use of TWP (and other...
Some of you know that I contracted our deck to be rebuilt. I didn't do it myself as it's a pretty large deck and quite frankly I didn't want it to take away from shop time.
Photos of the progress can be seen here.
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?cat=2293
Our new deck is going up pretty fast, going to look at what to protect it with soon. Staying away from Thompson's. Looking at a product called TWP that comes highly recommended. Curious as to what you folks use on new decks.
In the next couple of weeks I want to replace my deck boards and since I have never done this before, I hope some members will weigh in and give me some pointers. I will remove the original two byes and replace them with 5/4 treated boards. Wish I could afford the trex stuff but at about 30...
The deck on my house was painted when I bought it...yes the floor. I wanted to stain it after the paint started peeling and I pressure washed most of it off and used a floor sander to get rid of 95% of the old paint...except around the perimeter...near the house wall and under the deck railings...
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Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..
Wood Finish made Naturally; without toxic petrochemical solvents. Super Hard Cashew resin, locally sourced pine resin, beeswax, super refined linseed oils, citrus. No soy. No poly. No isocyanates. Nearly all woods shown are local woods. A fair amount are from Bee Tree, some from Warren Wilson..