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| Thread ID: 109450 | 2010-05-08 22:38:00 | Greying of timber deck - how to prevent this | globe (11482) | PC World Chat |
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| 883251 | 2010-05-08 22:38:00 | Have a deck that is new made from Vitex. Love the natural look of this timber but don't want it to grey. I understand there is no way to stop timber greying unless it is stained, which I would prefer not to do as i'll lose that natural timber colour. (The original plan was to stain until I saw the deck laid in the vitex then changed my mind) Any suggestions ? |
globe (11482) | ||
| 883252 | 2010-05-08 22:48:00 | If the sun and rain get on the wood it will go grey. Only way is to cover it, I have Kwilla deck and where its under the eaves it hasn't changed from orange colour in 20 years. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 883253 | 2010-05-08 22:54:00 | How long has it been down? Vitex is what? A type of Puriri? My guess is that you will need to spray with fungicide, scrub, sand back to original colour if necessary, then oil with an unpigmented or lightly pigmented oil to get the colour you want. Remember that once you have oiled the deck, you will need to redo it every year. Paint shops have a huge range of products available for decking. It is now more common for decks to be oiled rather than left to weather naturally as in the past. Oiled timber sheds water whereas unoiled timber absorbs moisture which hastens mould and rot, shortening life. | Richard (739) | ||
| 883254 | 2010-05-09 00:43:00 | So does that mean oil will prevent it silvering off ? | globe (11482) | ||
| 883255 | 2010-05-09 00:55:00 | The suppliers of Vitex recommend applying a stain from here:- www.nam.sikkens.com HTH |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 883256 | 2010-05-09 01:02:00 | Yes. But I'm not completely sure how Vitex behaves. Wattyl, Cabots, Resene all have ranges of products for the treatment of exterior timber. The colour you want is really up to you. Download some brochures and you will be able to decide how you want your deck to look. | Richard (739) | ||
| 883257 | 2010-05-09 05:15:00 | Have a deck made from Vitex . don't want it to grey . Hmmm . We had an unstained deck . It looked grey . WHo knows how old it was so before we left I decided to waterblast it . Amazing!!! Suddenly it was wood coloured again and the amount of filth that came off it was unbelievable, so I'd say grey is just dirt . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 883258 | 2010-05-09 07:29:00 | Like any wood it needs looking after, depending on the type and colour the wood is originally just buy a tin of stain with colour to suit and stain it every couple of years. Keeps it looking good and prevents it from buckling and pulling up nails etc. Also spraying for mold and moss will help keep the wood in good nick. Dad has a deck and he ignores it except every 2 or 3 years runs over it will a roller and stain. The deck is the full length of the house and only takes him a saturday morning |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 883259 | 2010-05-09 09:39:00 | Hmmm. We had an unstained deck. It looked grey. WHo knows how old it was so before we left I decided to waterblast it. Amazing!!! Suddenly it was wood coloured again and the amount of filth that came off it was unbelievable, so I'd say grey is just dirt. This will be part of it but the rest will be from UV damage to the timber as you see on fences etc. |
globe (11482) | ||
| 883260 | 2010-05-09 21:09:00 | For our deck we just used unpigmented deck oil... it kept it looking great. | Greg (193) | ||
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