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Topic starter
30/07/2017 12:40 pm
Great to find all this information! Thank You!
Staining 480' 2 yr old PT deck in high sun in Boston Ma that was built directly over a rubber roof. Have an additional 3 level PT stairway (treads & railings) and 140' deck where rubber is not an issue.
Question: Original choice was an oil stain - Penofin recommended by the guys I trust - for the saturation and durability of oil. Research on Naptha and Xylene (primary ingredients of any petroleum distillate) - show a highly detrimental rating to rubber. Yikes!
The application technique - brushing on and then wiping off any non-saturated surface collection seems pretty safe if done carefully - but it is a new rubber roof and I am happy to be careful and cautious.
Does this then lead me to choose a water based stain? In following your site Defy seems to get very high ratings - but is there another I should pursue?
A follow up question: I like the gray of the seasoned decking - and was hoping for a semi-gray transparent stain to unify the seasoned and sun-saturated decking with the still slightly PT yellow/green of the stairway. Thompson's was the only one I could find that offered a gray stain color - but I have seen a lot of bad reviews of this product , and the test was lackluster and unimpressive.)
Can I add a gray pigment to the Defy to get a transparent grey to create a uniform treatment between deck and stairway?
Or - is the answer to treat with a transparent Defy and come back in 3 years with a more pigmented stain when I am ready to shift red/brown for a colored deck?
Thanks for your great help with these questions!
Topic starter
30/07/2017 2:35 pm
Thanks for the reply and great news about defy driftwood gray. I did not see this as a color choice when looking at their product.
Am I right however about not applying oil stain to a deck above a rubber roof?
Second question: Am I also compromising quality and longevity in working with a water based vs oil stain?
Third: if Defy is the best decision, does it make sense to go with a semi transparent coat of the gray, and then plan on working to a solid coat when I next treat the deck?
thanks for your thoughts and expertise!
