My house has a brick porch on the front with a tongue & groove wood floor. The sides of the porch are open, so the floor is exposed to a lot of weather. Previous owner put outdoor carpet over the wood, after pulling back the carpet I see why- the paint looks terrible and the wood is rotted at the ends of the porch from all the rain and snow getting on it all the time. The carpet is in bad shape now as well. I want to tear it all out and replace it with composite decking, however I have never worked with that stuff before. How does the grooved decking work, are there some sort of clips that go in the grooves? It seems fairly straightforward, I'm just trying to understand the nuances of it so maybe I could pick some of it up later this summer to get that porch fixed up.

I've been applying two coats of[COLOR="Red"] Latex-ite UltraShield[/COLOR] for more years than I want to remember. I buy two 5-gallon buckets of [COLOR="Red"]UltraShield[/COLOR]. I always have two or three gallons leftover when the job is finished. Storage of this product seems to be impossible. The asphalt chips seperate from the emulsifying liquid. You can stir this seperated sealer forever. The asphalt will never go back into solution. Is there a solvent that will allow the liquid and asphalt chips to recombine? Obviously, it's a water based product. You can't use commom oil based solvents like paint thinner. I save hundreds of dollars every year by not paying a contractor. I suppose wasting two or three gallons of sealer doesn't really matter. If there is a way to restore the leftover sealer (so it can be used the following year) please let me know.