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

I used Deck Over on a concrete 600 sq ft screened porch. Wow did it look great. I used textured option and wish I’d went with smooth. I can’t damp mop the porch. I vacuum from time to time and wash a few times a year. I’ve had maybe five or ten dime and quarter size pieces come up. That was the prep. It’s a great product for concrete. But moving things around and excessive traffic causes scuffing; not really wear. I used a darker color so that’s half of it.
Would I use again on concrete? Heck yes. Would I use the textured option? NO! I wouldn’t use a dark color either. My back porch looks great when it’s clean. My plan is to reapply a coating of smooth texture and see what happens. Of course I’ll clean with degreaser and rinse and dry thoroughly before hand.
Putting anything like paint or a coating on wood is a stretch. If I needed to get just a few more years out of the wood deck maybe. Painting or coating wood floor for the long haul? NO. It’s a temporary fix.
Again. This is perfect for concrete that’s been prepped properly. Truth is a spent literally 120 hours getting up carpet glue off the porch before applying the Deck Over and some remained. It’s a great product but not for wood.

Worse product I have ever used. I spent about $300 to purchase the paint and cleaner for my deck last year. It’s already peeling off in huge chunks everywhere! The money was bad enough, the labor to clean and paint this stuff on my deck and front porch was overwhelming and now I have to scape it all off and do it over. Behr doesn’t stand behind their product- lots of people have had a horrible experience with this paint. Now they’ve come out with a new “Advanced formula” I won’t ever buy their product again!

DON’T use Deckover!!! Used it in 2014. Flaked in 6 months. Cleaned and repainted. Flaked in 6 months. Can’t get what won’t flake off, even after calling Behr customer service for suggestions. Tried strippers and power washing-by a professional. Behr says only option is paint-which will hold water and rot the wood, put on a solid stain-which will flake when the crap Deckover left starts to peel, or use the new advanced Deckover. Oh, and of course wait for years until it all wears off! Only difference in advanced Deckover and old crap is Behr lowered the warranty from 5 years to 1 so they won’t have a class action lawsuit that they had on the old Deckover that they lost. We replaced half the deck. The other still trying to figure out what to do. As our contractor said “It looks like sh##.” Attached r pictures. We r out $1500 so far for replacing half the deck and only halfway through. It sucks. Pictures speak THOUSANDS of words.

If I could give this less than 1 star I would. Spent hours re doing my deck for absolutely nothing… peeling off with a blower… looks like absolute shit. DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT. Same thing happened on my mom’s deck. Waste of time and money!!

Just replaced a16x16 cedar wood deck because of the issues created after using this horrible deck over paint. It peels and traps moisture causing
the boards to rot in places. Same thing happened to our neighbor. I hope this stuff has been pulled from the stores. Hope there is a class action suit out there.

I used Behr Deck Over two years ago after it was highly endorsed and a sample deck was built in a local Home Depot store and they applied the two different textures of Deck Over. My deck is approximately 2200square feet. I opted for the smoother version. I followed all application instructions. There were no other products on the deck prior to the Deck Over. It looked great when completed but one year after was starting to peel in areas. This is year 2 and I am now trying to strip it off, which is almost impossible. It cannot be sanded due to the grit in the product. I have spent almost 100 hours pressure washing it off piece by piece. I will then . have to sand the entire deck before I can put another product on it,. When I called the company their suggestion was to go over it and they claimed the product has been reformulated. I explained to them that it was peeling and simply reapplying would not work. After a long discussion, all customer service offered was 5 free ga.lls on Deck Over. I will never use this product again and am telling everyone I I know to stay away from it. Even when I’m in the store. I will never purchase another Behr product and am thoroughly disgusted with their customer service and solutions for a product that has proven to be defective.

STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT

Following all directions, in fact I even sanded my deck. I applied Deck Over in September 2015, was able to complete the application in one day. In the fall of 2016 after blowing leaves all the deck, I noticed small pieces peeling. I was going to repair these areas after the winter. in spring of 2017, I blew the deck clean. This time large pieces were peeling away. I went to the Home Depot where I purchased the Deck Over (5 gal) and ran into a Behr Representative. After telling him my tail of woe…he told me I put it down wrong. Tried to explain to him how I applied the paint…it was my fault. I have power washed the deck, on my hands and knees with a putty knife trying to get it up…only to need a sander to clean off the deck. Yes, I will agree with the Behr Rep…it was my fault…to be conned by the false advertisement making the paint something it is not and to buy the paint in the first place. NEVER AGAIN…bye, bye Behr and bye, bye Home Depot. Your standing behind your product really sucks !!!

I’ve had all the problems mentioned above. Too expensive, too labor intensive, peels off. Worthless. I wonder if there’s a lawsuit against Behr, too many people like us have spent too much money for a lousy product and you can’t even paint over it!

My experience mirrors that of many others. Total loss of adhesion after one winter. This is perhaps the worst product Home Depot ever sold. Not sure how I will recover.

Crappy results. It’s been approximately 3 years and it began peeling within the first 6 months. We’re hosing it again, trying to get the loose pieces off. I had recommended this product to many friends. I wish I hadn’t.
It seems to work well on a concrete setting, but definitely not on a wood deck.

Horrible product. Started peeling after one year.

This is a horrible product. Easy to apply and looked great. Applied to manufacturers instructions and it didn’t make it through a winter. Peeled right off when snow melted and we didn’t have a harsh winter that year. Could peel it off with fingers. I complained to Home Depot and they said I needed to sand before application. The directions from Behr did not indicate that sanding was required.

After 3 years, Deckover is chipping and peeling badly. I would never recommend this product to anyone. Our deck was prepped following the manufacurer’s instructions, and application by brush and roller was tedious and very time consuming. Chipping began after the first year and was followed by severe peeling. After last winter here in Missouri, the product has peeled off in long strips and looks faded and terrible.
Behr should be ashamed to put their name on this awful product!
Avoid it like the plague!

I used this on my deck and I am extremely disappointed to say the least!! I applied it two years ago and more than half of it has peeled off on its own. I am going to strip the rest off and go back to a stain. Horrible product. My sister and brother-in-law have also had the same issues. Would not recommend to anyone.