James

If wood tux is deep penitrating and is a drying oil- How do you know you got it all ?

Beth Are you asking a question or making a statement ?

For Woodkey's it's better to start with precarbs. A woodkey is a wood care rookie.....

Russ ,I'm sorry but the bleach worked better- I'm not sorry for knowing how to use it- I use your products and they work fine- Making paper is a total different process than cleaning wood !! Bleach is an oxidizer . If you get control of it? It will just remove the weather wood easier than pre-carbs .. Happy wood cleaning........

You can use any solution you want as long as you know how to get results. You can get the same results using bleach. There is not much difference with all the pre-carb products on the market. Its a batch of white powder in a box. On a job I'm doing now (cedar restoration house ) I used Two different pre-carbs and bleach. Esi and Ready Seals no difference. Bleach worked better and won !!!!

The problem with ipe- is first you can't put any product on it for about 6 months- if you do you'll have trouble for ever- If a product was put on right after it was built and has to be stripped, I would strip it and let it sit a couple of months and go back wash it and seal it. Letting it sit a couple months lets the wood open up and evens out absorbtion of product.

Rod have you done a maint on a Ipe deck yet with Cabots ? Are you going to do yearly on this deck?

Hey- last year The Huskey had two national champs!!

That looks great- but that has to be a nightmare to do all the sharp edges- Did you do the light color first ?

Your killing the wood that's already dead. Too many steps. After restore use the brightner. Don't let bleach dry on the wood ! Your sucking the life out of the wood with that many steps . Because these products are oxidizers (alkines) they effect the surface of the wood.

How old is the deck ?

The first year I used it- On a new cedar deck -I did two coats- Thinking the second coat would penitrate I went home- It formed a thin skin- It looked great so I left it alone- Tne next year doing maint. was a little difficult and some areas the skin peeled up.

Tony -if you over apply ready seal it will form a skin- Done that!

The 1oo series to 500 series is the penitrating non filmers I think--

I have Police Officer's and hunters in my family- Laws are not intended for people who do it for sport or target shoot- DWI laws get tuffer every year. Do you want some guy next door to have 10 M-16 in his house. Who here would feel a negative effect of stricter gun laws ?

In Ct we have some of the best pizza in the country- Peppy's Pizza is world famous (new haven) thin crust huge brick oven fired. Lines start every day when they open. My wife and I put on pizza parties all home made. In the summer I do some on the grill- you have to be very fast !!!

You can't regulate Responsiblity and hope for the best . But we can regulate weapons so they don't get in the hands of the irresponsible. Guns are made to kill cars are made to drive.

I am a very good chef- Breakfest ( stuffed fench toast, buttermilk pancakes from scratch ) Grilling everyday starting may one- A "BIG rack of Breast" with my dry rub......

I would create the " Bad Girl" surface cleaner. Put a nice skirt and a wig. Push that around all night !! The flat surface guy's might not be as lonely ....

I keep every thing to a min. I have a 5 by 8 trailer and it fits in my garage. By may my van is a mess and I can't find anything ,

I have about 1200 songs on my Ipod that fits into my Bose Ipod speaker system. great when doing deck sealing. Jazz To Blue Grass. Latest CD Queen Latifah (spelling ?) sings jazz and blues . Very good !

I do about 5 pools with pressure treated wood around them- Stay away from the dark colors- Use a penitating oil that can be reapplied easily like Ready seal ,Twp, Abr- Film forming finishes are a paine and cause many problems around pools. These finishes start to fail and moisture gets trapped under the finish causing other issues. Also very difficult redo's. The penitrating oils are very easy to maint. without any of these problems. Really the pool water keeps the area clean on my decks.

I joined the Pwna to have access to other's like myself. I like belonging to something. Education and seminars i would benifit the most from.

My new favorite place last year was Star bucks. After a fine day of labor I would grab a cup of java and sit out front. Victoria Secret's is next door .

So celeste. Tell us what happened with the test spots or are you doing the job?