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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 19, 2005, 3:19 am
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> 1) Does pressure treated lumber has good grain ? Will the wood grain be
> visible with the semi-transparent stain on ?
Sure, but I've never seen PT wood that I'd call "pretty" because of the
grain. It is usually SYP and looks similar to construction material.
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> 2) I heard that pressure treated lumber has some protecting coating on.
> Will all the stripper and cleaner chemicals affect the coating and thus
> the durability of the deck ?
Not a coating but an infusion of chemicals. Sure you will remove some of
it.
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> 3) I cannot reach the flip-side of the deck -- I mean the side of the
> deck facing down the earth. Therefore I cannot re-stain that side. Will
> this be any concern related to the wood durability after applying all
> these chemicals?
No, it would probably look ugly with the drippings if you could see it, but
since you can't . . . .
Couple of suggestions. Wait a year or two and the stain will probably wear
or peel off saving hours of removal time. Most deck stains in sunlight will
last only a couple of year in spite of what the can says. You are taking on
a LOT of work.
If you truly want a good looking deck, replace the decking boards with epe,
mahogany, cypress, etc and coat it with Penofin oils. It will look much
richer, last longer, and be a thing of beauty. I built some furniture from
mahogany decking material. Look on my web page under woodworking to see it.
That wil be the surface on my deck in a couple of years when I get sick of
stainign the PT that is on it now. Not cheap, it will probably run you
$3.75 a square foot, but will last 50 years and look good along the way.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
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