Behr (Advanced) Deckover Review 2026 2.3/5 (683)

Applied as per directions. Looked great for 5 months. Started to peel in large areas and had to be removed. Had to hire contractor to remove. Took three men, four days to remove a 300 Sq Ft deck. Where it peeled, was easy as it came off in long strips. Where it did not peel, it was extremely difficult to remove. Had called the company and they agreed to reimburse me for the product as well as the cost of contractors to remove it. WORSE STUFF EVER> You are better off letting your deck rot and replace it then using this garbage. DeckOver held water and caused several ares to rot, which needed replacement boards. NEVER AGAIN and DON’T Waste you time and money on this defective product.

Are you able to use Over painted deck 1000 square ft deck. Is living in cold climate a minus.

This Baer deck over was the worst choice I have ever made I waisted a lot of time and MONEY cleaning sealing then the Baer last year 2015
It’s peeling up and off everywhere and looks 100 times worse
DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PRODUCTS

Worst product ever! I used to work for hd. For 10 years mind you and was a very loyal bear customer. Never again. Behr deck over is the worst. I applied the 2-1 wood prep al instructed and our product was put on our deck in 65 degree weather. No rain fell either for weeks. Plenty of cure time!! It is literally peeling off in sheets on my deck. (It was applied 13 months ago and after 6 months it looked worse than before) Bubbling sheets. It’s shit! What a waste. So unimpressed. TERRIBLE product!

I applied the Behr Deckover to my deck in 4/16. Less than 8 months later it started peeling! I used the Behr deck wash and neutralizer to clean the wood and then applied 2 coats of the deck over crap. I spent over $600 because I have a large deck…..725 sqft. This is the worst coating that I’ve ever used. Now I’ve got to scrape off the bubbled up crap and repaint the deck. Never again will I use a Behr product. I give it a 1 star rating.

I did my deck in April of 2016. I live in NYC. It took me 4 days of grueling work. Half of deck is protected under the upper floor of house. I have a staircase going to second floor with ALOT of rungs and guard rails. I used the semi transparent on rungs and deck floor. For the guard rails I used transparent. I brushed the whole thing to get evenly in the grooves. So here we are just about 1 year later and it looks like crap. Peeling in so many places, so distressed looking. It looks worse than it was before using this product!! They should not be able to sell this product! I should have just used a plain stain! So very disappointed with Deck Over. Don’t use it!!!!!!!!

I used Behr Deck Over versions 1 and 2. DO NOT USE IN MICHIGAN. The worst product, my deck is f—.
Peeling and bubbling with in 3 months.

I did my old deck with this paint in August of 2016. A few weeks later paint was peeling off. I like the color and texture but the quality of this paint for what I paid for is not worth it. I woul not recommend it.

The product was applied according to directions and looked great for a couple of months. It's totally peeling and terrible now. Behr customer service said they could send me some more Deck Over, but I'm not interested.

very bad product starting peeling after 3 month

I applied Behr Deckover in Walnut color 4 years ago and it's been a WONDERFUL product. I honestly cannot say enough about it, I recommend it to everyone. If I purchase another home in the future, I will DEFINITELY use this product again. (And I live in Minnesota, so my deck is exposed to extreme weather changes. Sometimes it's -40 degrees Fahrenheit, with 3 feet of snow or ice laying on my deck for months at a time, and in the summer it can reach +100 degrees Fahrenheit. In Spring and Fall, my deck is subject to a lot of wind and rain.) With that said, my friend who lives just 10 miles away, applied the same product to his deck only 2 short years ago and it's peeling terribly, I mean, he's got a MESS on his hands over there. But even so, I STILL recommend this product to anyone, and this is where I'm SO grateful I spoke with the Home Depot paint salesman BEFORE applying the product. Let me explain: I initially power washed my deck, and a week later I went in to Home Depot to buy the product. The Home Depot guy told me I couldn't apply the product because it was too soon after I had power washed the wood. I was shocked, it had been over a week, and I initially balked at him. He explained that power washing drives water deep inside the wood, and it takes WEEKS to dry out, sometimes even over a MONTH. He said even if the boards are dry on the OUTSIDE, they're still retaining moisture on the INSIDE. He told me if I applied Behr Deckover at that point, it would strip really bad within the year. He suggested I cut a small square from a clear plastic sandwich bag and tape it down on all four sides to a board, and to check it in 24 hours. He said if the boards were holding moisture, the plastic would fog up (like morning dew) under the plastic, and it would be to soon to apply the product. He told me to wipe the plastic square clean, re-tape it to the board using fresh tape, and to test it again 24 hours later. (I actually cut several squares and taped them down in various places on my deck, because the sun hit different areas at different times thru-out the day, thus affecting drying times.) Anyway, he said to keep doing this until no visible dew formed below the plastic, explaining that only then would the wood be ready. He said once the plastic was finally dry after 24 hours, to LIGHTLY wipe down the wood with a well ringed-out sponge, just slightly damp enough to remove any surface dirt/dust/debris that had accumulated since the power washing. So I did this and waited another day. When all was said and done, I had to wait a MONTH AND A HALF from the initial power washing, before I could… Read more »