finish for wood deck


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Old 03-10-06, 12:38 PM
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finish for wood deck

We are planning to build a deck soon. The dry, intense heat of SE Arizona is extremely hard on wood. Is there a wood finish that will help the wood stand up to the climate? Latex? oil base? We used spar varnish on some wooden benches and that lasted about 2 years.
 
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Old 03-10-06, 04:22 PM
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If you choose to go with a wood deck, then stay with the stains and sealers that have proven that they will hold up for a couple of years. The list, at least in my experience, is fairly short. Sikkens, SuperDeck, Wolmans, ...

Expect to pay about $30/gal. for it, and expect to have to redo it every year for the first 3 or 4 years and, if you're lucky, every couple of years after that.

But why wood? A good composite will last longer, and you don't have all the maintenance, and the TIME and EXPENSE of that maintenance.
 
 

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