Behr (Advanced) Deckover Review 2026 2.3/5 (682)

The worst paint I ever used. I followed directions to cover my deck . it looked good in the beginning but within a couple of months it started to peel. By time the winter came it was a mess. I had followed all the directions. Home Depot still has the nerve to advertise it is a great paint.

Terrible product. You will be very sorry if you use it.

Put deck over 3year old decking and its peeling but also has been rotting out the the decking some of the decking even started growing moss and mushrooms the deck over is on the third year and looks terrible I have had to replace 4 stair treads and 8 pieces of decking more looks to be rotting

I followed every single instruction given. I took my time. I am a perfectionist for such projects because #1- this product was new on the market, #2- It wasn’t cheap, #3- I don’t have time for do-overs and #4- We have a VERY large deck, #5- We live in the mountains so winters can be harsh with lots of snow fall. As it turned out, by the second year it was a disaster. I agree with the previous reviewer. DON’T do it. Even in higher altitudes there are plenty of other solutions. I am at the stage now where I have to sand everything and start again. I won’t be choosing a BEHR product for this.

This was a huge disappointment!!! We have a huge deck and used Behr Deckover. Took a lot of work. Started to peel toward the end of first Summer!!! By the Spring of the next year it had peeled about 60 %.

How do I complain about this product? It was great until winter hit it. Now it’s peeling like cheap nail polish.

This stuff is crap. Followed all instruction for my front steps. Done in August, by October starting to flake on stair nosing. By next March I could peel off strips. I think Behr should redo all the jobs this joke failed on. I will never buy a Behr product again. They told me on the phone they are not responsible! I’m flipping my stairs too as it’s just too much work to remove all this crap product. Very unhappy.

Behr Deck Over is HORRIBLE! My entire deck is cracked, peeling and looks like crap! We had a professional company paint our very large deck based off of promises of the product and the Home Depot store associate. I could have flushed the $1000’s of dollars it cost to have this deck painted faster. Now we will have it completely sanded off since power washing isn’t doing the trick and start from square one. Seriously save your hard earned cash! This product is NOT worth your time. Extremely disappointed!! I wish I could post more than 3 pics!!

Just like everyone else says….stay far away from this stuff. It’s horrible. Started bubbling up, separating and peeling from the deck after only one winter. By the end of the 2d winter 20% of my deck wood was bare. The worst part is that what did stick stuck forever. Couldn’t remove it with a pressure washer, paint/stain stripper, scraping, etc. I just finished spending a week of my short Alaskan summer pulling up all the deck boards and replacing them to the tune of over $1000 plus all my labor. It’s very poor form that Behr is even still selling this stuff and ignoring all the customer comments.

This was a lot of hard work but no a good product. I did what the sales person told me to do. The deck was just a year old had a few cracks form. I used the cleaner they told me to use and power wash. Let dry a few days. First painted the cracks with 2 coats then painted the whole deck with 2 coats. I thought doing all this work it would last a few years. Boy was I wrong. It is peeling up every where. Going to redo the deck in less then a year. Such a waste of money and time. I strongly recommend not to use this product.

Hello i used this product on 2 decks. Prepared surface as directed. Aplied 6 gallons to 2 large decks in summer. It looked great. By the following spring both decks were a disaster. Pealed up in 10 foot lengths. Such a waiste of money. Went to my local depot to get money back but no luck. I was told this was a common problem and bear was looking into it. Very disappointing. I ended up cutting all boards and replaceing with new wood. Dont waist your money or time.

Thank you so much for all the reviews. Home Depot tried to sell this product to me, but decided to go home first and read the reviews.

Terrible experience! We applied Deckover in May 2016 to a deck at our lake cottage. I followed the directions very carefully. This was a new deck that we waited two years for it to “dry out” before staining. The results after one year are horrendous. The deckover is peeling and sticks to your feet when walking on it barefoot so we have ‘peelings’ tracked through the house. It comes up in strips and on windy days you can see it peeling more and waving in the wind. I would not recommend this to anyone!!

After DIYing for over 40 years, this products is without doubt the worst we have ever used. Our deck, which was well-prepped according to the instructions on the Deckover can, is peeling and cracking. If you are thinking of using this product, I cannot strongly enough say DON’T! Such a disappointment from Behr, whose products used to have a very good reputation. The very LEAST Behr should do is give a full refund on this awful product. A class action suit sounds good, but would probably take forever to settle. We have given up on even trying to keep up with the patching. I am sending pictures by email to Behr, as I can’t figure out how to put them in this review.

Paid a contractor to do the job. Done in early summer following all manufacturing directions. Early spring right after all the snow melted it started peeling. Few months later; it’s 50% peeled off.