Posted: 5/28/2012 6:07:05 AM EDT
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How long should I wait until I treat a newly installed deck?
30 days, two months, next year? I know I will need to clean it and then neutralize the cleaner. Virginia area for weather New pressure treated pine deck Using Behr semitransparent redwood. (I've used this on our fence and other deck and its held up great the last 3 years: water still beads off it) Thanks |
| the way the fella that installed my deck told me was to wait till the wood was dried out meaning some of the wood you get from the hardware store is heavy with the treatment from where it was processed. he was right i did not take his advice and the stain only soaked in about a16th of an inch....so i waited to continue roughly 2 months in florida sun it does not take long to dry out anything, and sure enough the wood soaked it right up and the stain has held to heavy traffic now for over a year. i hope this helps some. |