Behr premium with Silicone

[tropical wave 22]

Stripped a deck today that was sealed with Behr Premium redwood "Deep Oil Penetrating Formula with EZ water cleanup" The can had a smaller label which says "Silicone Enhanced for Added Durability"......................

Some of the areas, like rails and some of the floor had a double coat, lap marks and some heavy thick drips......99.5% was removed and the little that remained will be removed when defurring.

[tropical wave 22]

After stripped and neutralized...

The first pic in each set is where a door mat was/is placed......

[Aplus 525]

Good deal! Nice to see that the sillycone apparently has no affect on strippability.

[seymore 90]

Looks good Mike :cool:

Looks like we both been stripping this crap off of decks.I stripped this job last week and was actually kind of easy.It looks like your deck had more of that crap on it than mine did.

[tropical wave 22]

Tony and Shane,

I was a little worried about the silicone, but like Shane mentioned, most came off pretty easy.....some spots were tougher and took a little more dwell.

[PressurePros 248]

In this market, Behr is advertising like crazy offering three year product waranties. Now of course, noone wants Wood Tux or Ready Seal. Consumer reports didn't help much either.

That looks great Michael.

[tropical wave 22]

thanks Ken

Behr is the biggest home depot seller here in IL....havent seen a behr sealer ad on TV in years though....menards here is selling flood and wolman products.

the only way to dodge the consumer reports issues is by reminding the potential customer the "report is for consumers", the magazine title is not "contractor reports".........you can also let them know that everything they need to restore their deck themselves can be found at the local DIY homecenter......nice cute little electric pressure washer (junk), stain (junk), stripper (junk), neutralizer-brightner (junk), or the super special all-in-one deck cleaner and brightner (junk), pump up sprayer, brushes, tarps, tape, and the list goes on and on.....then again I've yet to have a customer request some home center crap (knock on wood)

[seymore 90]

Oh yeah by the way my Behr strip job was the work of a homeowner.

[newlook 265]

Tropical....nice job...what did you strip it with?

[tropical wave 22]

Tropical....nice job...what did you strip it with?

Thanks Carlos............ we used TimberStrip (TimberPro line of products) and neutralized with TimberBrite Oxalic............ now that it is dry, it looks even better, almost like new :cool: