 You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
I know its probably a bad time to be doing this but I need to make some decisions and treat part of the decking at our new place before I put a bike shelter on it.
I think its been previously stained dark brown, but its pretty rough with lots of grey wood showing through.
I was thinking about a decking cleaner, followed by a good scrub and then painting a light grey or off-white colour. The railings are in better nick so just going to scrub them and paint dark grey/slate. But finding decking paint is pretty rare/expensive.
Any reason not to do this? Why would oil or stain be a better idea, and could we achieve the same light colour?
Any advice appreciated!
Use an oil as it wont flake and look shit within 18 months like most stains can. I can recommend screwfix no nonsense decking oil, cheap as chips, easy to apply and so far looks perfect still even after 3 kids abusing the deck all year.
Scrub with brushes, clean twice with jet wash (deck/patio head), preservative and then 2 coats of oil. Went from this
[url= https://farm1.staticflickr.com/467/19237010642_6179a7917f_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm1.staticflickr.com/467/19237010642_6179a7917f_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/viUH4h ]IMG_20150628_194621203[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/27324215@N02/ ]nixie_me[/url], on Flickr
to this
[url= https://farm1.staticflickr.com/701/20130341154_4bd326b87e_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm1.staticflickr.com/701/20130341154_4bd326b87e_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/wERg6u ]IMG_20150821_074518582[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/27324215@N02/ ]nixie_me[/url], on Flickr
I used Barrettine Clear Decking Oil and Barrettine Premier Wood Preservative