2013 Sealer/Stain Poll - Which one(s) are you using this year?

[2013 Sealer/Stain Poll - Which one(s) are you using this year?]

It'd be good to know what other contractors use for exotic hardwood this days.

We use Cabots ATO, but after few changes it's hard to say how this stuff will perform.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.

[IPE Stain]

I'd go with Cabot ATO. Service every year (or 2, if the owner want to save some).

Ipe, as any other hardwood, needs sealing, otherwise the boards will dry out, bend and crack real soon.

[Found interesting article, all green, no acid restoration]

Thank you Lyle, good info.

[Found interesting article, all green, no acid restoration]

This guy claims, that they are not using any acids, only green products, and getting great results. I was wandering what do you guys think about it? Is it possible?

Deck Cleaning St Louis Expert Restores Exterior Wood Surface to Better than New

[Stripping Paint?]

We would offer to sand all horizontal surfaces, then apply nice colored oil stain on horizontals, and refresh verticals with another coat of solid acrylic. It's more expensive, then regular restoration, but we have few HO's pretty happy with such projects.

[Ready Seal 2009 drying time is longer then before?]

We use Ready Seal for last 5 years and very happy with this product. But there is one thing we had noticed in last summer, it seems like it's drying slower then before.

This is a deck we complete using RS Dark Red in few hours before we got some light rain over night. Thanks to great RS support we easily fixed this:

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Also, we got a few deck where RS was wet on the deck after a week.

Did anyone start having similar problems in last season, or it's just our bad luck?

Thanks,

[Clear seal by RS]

We use clear RS for the costumer who wants to have "natural grey" cedar deck. Here is a pic after one year.

Maintenance schedule: clean with industrial soap, dry, reapply RS clear.

[Choosing stain for teak furniture]

Jon,

Looks nice! Is it first coating, or you maintain this furniture regularly?

I was wondering how long WTW will last in heavy sun/moisture conditions.

Thanks,

[Choosing stain for teak furniture]

2nd set: hand sanded, light stripped, pH balanced, lambwooled WTW Sugar Brown.

[Choosing stain for teak furniture]

OK. Sorry, it took me a wile.

1st furniture set: cleaning with precarb, neutralized twice, RS Dark Red lambwooled twice.

[Cedar fence restoration]

We use tarps only for cleaning/stripping. If it's windy, we additionally attach the tarp to side PVC pipes.

For sealing we use much smaller handheld version with disposable drop cloths.

[Cedar fence restoration]

We use a tarp attached to PVC pipes.

[Choosing stain for teak furniture]

Thank you guys!

I'll do both. My other client has teak furniture too.

Let see which set will perform better ;)

[Choosing stain for teak furniture]

Hello,

Could you recommend a good stain for teak furniture?

I offered Ready Seal, and left few samples. The HO played with them, and found out that even after a week of drying, it still leave marks on paper towel.

Should I offer WTW?

Did anyone used WTW on teak furniture?

Thanks,