Decking (the wooden kind, not lamping someone over the head)

[nikon70]

I have a considerable size deck in my garden which is looking a bit sad! It's the grooved kind.

So have sanded the top layer as it was all splintery and chipped.

Next is to clean the grooves and give it a nice ceded red colour.

Anyone had experience doing this?

Would like some tips how to get a good finish.

Not putting that crap ronseal or cupronol stuff down, theirs is a stain (aka paint) which peals and flakes off.

Gonna use Owatrol Textrol

[Specialone]

Get yourself a good branded decking cleaner and a jet wash, apply decking cleaner with a stiff brush, follow instructions then jet wash it off, allow to fully dry before applying any stain/ finish.

[nikon70]

i tried wickes decking cleaner last year and gave up as it did bugger all.... might as well have just pi55ed on the deck!

have found some other stuff i am going to pick up in about 10mins... fingers crossed this works.

[nikon70]

ok so £100 lighter and bottles of deckprep and net-trol...

tonight I shall be attacking the deck

[Specialone]

Think my one I used on my decking was from tool station, might have been cuprinol brand.

[nikon70]

cuprinol - nooooooooooo EVIL

going to get some textrol which is an oil based colourant rather than a paint...

[Specialone]

cuprinol - nooooooooooo EVIL

going to get some textrol which is an oil based colourant rather than a paint...

No you berk, not the finish, I meant the cleaner :rolleyes:

[nikon70]

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OMG this stuff is amazing!!!!!

[Mrs_giggles]

Is it good my deck also in desprate need of tlc after a few years harsh weather is so were you pick it up from.?

[timwilky]

Gemma. That aint a deck. That's the patio you buried him under.

FFS just hope he rots quicker than a bit of tanalized. But he has 30 years of embalming fluid force fed into his system.

[nikon70]

It's the best! Can't remember the website - google "prepdeck Watford" it should come up with owatroldirect.co.uk or something like that.

It's the best product I've used full stop!

You need prepdeck to clean the wood, then net-trol to brighten the wood.

In between each one you lightly pressure wash all the crud away.

That decking was nearly black from all the crap embedded into it, oh it is over 10 years old too - just to put it in perspective. And the last thing I did to it was pressure wash it & oil it about 2 years ago.

Don't bother with wickes deck cleaner or anything else.

Expect to pay £100 for it tho (hits the wallet hard) BUT it works.

I haven't done my seating area next to it yet so will take a photo in the morning and post the before and after photos.

[nikon70]

Before (bench)

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After

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/22/y3y6e3e9.jpg

[yorkie_chris]

FFS just hope he rots quicker than a bit of tanalized. But he has 30 years of embalming fluid force fed into his system.

Oh you've tried that cheap spanish brandy an all then!

[nikon70]

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My presents today :)

[nikon70]

here's an update for you folk out there....

I had an incident last night with the cuprinol sprayer, I filled up the container, secured the lid (and I say secured very loosly as the catch and hook to keep it closed is ****) picked up the sprayer albeit carefully to place it on the deck and fook me the container just dropped to the deck in an explosion of coloured decking oil!

now normally I would have been too bothered and just carried on, BUT the decking oil costs £55 per 2.5L and I filled 5L into the container... all over the decking in a 1m radius... that's literally £110 down the drain!!!!

needless to say I took photos of the stuff and the naff sprayer, and just sent an email to cuprinol demanding compensation... I am going to also write a review on the homebase website too.

now I am not a twerp, I know how to secure a latch for crying out loud. the bl00dy thing just fell apart once it was just about hip height as I am about to put it on the deck...

oh, you should have heard the blasphemy that came out of my mouth, I think the neighbors closed the windows to preserve the innocence of their children...

so guess what, I am back off to owatrol today to get some more... FFS!!!!

Will I be using the sprayer hell no!!! getting out the old 6" pasting brush tonight.

let's see if cuprinol decide to do anything apart from laugh and point at me...