Decking treatment

[pirategas]

Hi, I am seeking advice with regards to the painting of decking. I installed a large area of decking in my garden a few years ago and have never found a satisfactory solution to the colouring of it. When we first laid it I use a stain to colour it. However through the following winter this all but flaked off and looked very shabby. The next year we used decking oil but this faded very badly and again wasn't to my satisfaction. Therefore is there anyone out there who would know what type of coating I should use. Also should I treat with a decking cleaner or another form of treatment first.

I look forward to any helpful tips.

 

[brushmate20]

try oil based couprinol

 

[Big_Vern]

Johnstone's are doing a new Decking stain which is available in four colours: Rich Teak; Spanish Cedar; Natural Oak and Chestnut Brown or you could use a matt woodstain which is just as good.

 

[PE]

Hi, I am seeking advice with regards to the painting of decking. I installed a large area of decking in my garden a few years ago and have never found a satisfactory solution to the colouring of it. When we first laid it I use a stain to colour it. However through the following winter this all but flaked off and looked very shabby. The next year we used decking oil but this faded very badly and again wasn't to my satisfaction. Therefore is there anyone out there who would know what type of coating I should use. Also should I treat with a decking cleaner or another form of treatment first.

I look forward to any helpful tips.

Use a tinted decking oil such as Ronseal or similar. It should have a good couple of coats and depending on how much sun etc it gets will depend on how long any coating lasts.
Oil is better than stain or "paint" which will always eventually crack and flake. Oil penetrates the wood so even when the outer appearance fades it shouldn't crack etc and look awful.
You may need to remove the original treatment though otherwise the oil will not act as it should

 

[Big_Vern]

Hi, I am seeking advice with regards to the painting of decking. I installed a large area of decking in my garden a few years ago and have never found a satisfactory solution to the colouring of it. When we first laid it I use a stain to colour it. However through the following winter this all but flaked off and looked very shabby. The next year we used decking oil but this faded very badly and again wasn't to my satisfaction. Therefore is there anyone out there who would know what type of coating I should use. Also should I treat with a decking cleaner or another form of treatment first.

I look forward to any helpful tips.

Use a tinted decking oil such as Ronseal or similar. It should have a good couple of coats and depending on how much sun etc it gets will depend on how long any coating lasts.
Oil is better than stain or "paint" which will always eventually crack and flake. Oil penetrates the wood so even when the outer appearance fades it shouldn't crack etc and look awful.
You may need to remove the original treatment though otherwise the oil will not act as it should

the OP says he's already used decking oil & wasn't happy with it

 

[Zampa]

Use what you like but DONT! use Ronseal water based decking stain.

Its complete and utter kwap...I did my decking last year..power washed it, scrubbed it...allowed to dry for a week...gave it three coats of the 'stain' (it would have been four but it doesnt go anywhere near the distance it says on the tin )

Within a week it was lifting...the slightest scuff of a traiing shoe brought it off.

After a month it looked like it had been down ten years.

I rang Ronseal and they were very good about it...they said it was down to the British climate...which begs the question..'so why make it then???'

Got 4 tins replacement and 6 5 litre containers of decking cleaner (detergent!!!)

The four tins are still in my garage waiting for a boot sale

DONT TOUCH IT!

 

[hawthorns]

Use what you like but DONT! use Ronseal water based decking stain.

Its complete and utter kwap...I did my decking last year..power washed it, scrubbed it...allowed to dry for a week...gave it three coats of the 'stain' (it would have been four but it doesnt go anywhere near the distance it says on the tin )

Within a week it was lifting...the slightest scuff of a traiing shoe brought it off.

After a month it looked like it had been down ten years.

I rang Ronseal and they were very good about it...they said it was down to the British climate...which begs the question..'so why make it then???'

Got 4 tins replacement and 6 5 litre containers of decking cleaner (detergent!!!)

The four tins are still in my garage waiting for a boot sale

DONT TOUCH IT!

im just baffled as why you are having so much trouble with ronseal decking stain as all my mates have used it including my self and no one has had any trouble with it and some of them have had it done for a few years and myself for over a year and the bloke in our local hard ware store said it was the best seller for decking ,have you ever thought maybe it is something to do with your decking boards they could have been wet when you stained them or something else wrong with them

 

[Zampa]

Beats me..

As I said last year the boards were power washed, scrubbed, allowed to dry completely then stained

The People at Ronseal tried the how did you prepare it/what did you use to apply it/did you thin it route at first...til i told them I was a pro dekkie with 30 years experience..then they more or less admitted the product wasnt really up to the climate

In all fairness to them they were really good about it..but I havnt touched the product since.