Thompsons "Deck Wash"

[Mike 64]

I was in my local hardware store this week, and they had a product from thompsons called deck wash. (There was a rebate so I could get try it out for free so I figured why not try it out?) They claimed you could just spray it on, and rinse it off and the wood will look like new again.....

NOT!

I tested it out on an old wooden fence. They should really call this product "$3.99 Gallon of bleach" .....needless to say it didnt work very well.

[Mike 64]

Here, let me add a photo to this as well.

The left side was cleaned with thompsons, the right side was untouched.

[Barry M 73]

Hey that crap is as good as their sealer. Which I believe to be nothing more than diesel fuel.

[R L S 14]

Diesel fuel LOL

I like that, I really do.

Richard

[PLD 14]

They should really call this product "$3.99 Gallon of bleach" .....needless to say it didnt work very well.

IIRC, it is just bleach with a dab of metasilicate.

[PressurePros 248]

I do not use bleach on decks. When you see microscopically what happens to the lignin in the wood when bleach dwells on it, most people may think twice about using it. With that being said, bleach and sodium metasilicate would do exactly what it's advertised to do, and cheaply.