Patios Decking

How to Use an Easy Technique to Brighten up Your Patio Deck

So you got an old wood deck that looks a little weathered and you are not sure what the most effective way is to get it looking as new again short of replacing it? There are a couple of things you can do to it, some things are a comprehensive no go while others have their bad and good points.

I am going to talk about a couple points that have chances and you can choose which way to go for yourself. I’ve heard folk say to use a pressure washer to blast it clean. While this is a choice there are things you have to be careful of when using this technique.

I actually do not like employing a pressure washer for the easy fact that it can terribly simply damage the wood, leaving it fuzzy with loose wood fibres. A way to fix that might be to sand it after it dries, but that might be lots of additional work and not something that sounds to appealing to me.

Some gurus say if you’ve got the correct pressure and the right tip you won’t get the damage I described. Now, that might be true, but if you are not an expert it may be smart not to try this technique.

Another possibility is to bleach it, this option works very well, but you want to be cautious about what sort of bleach you use. Being outside you wish to use an environmentally safe product, one that may not hurt your plant or animals if you have pets like I do.

There’s a choice it’s called oxygen bleach it is essentially made from hydrogen peroxide and ash which is 100 percent friendly to the environment. Not, only does it work well it also leaves the wood looking as new without destroying any of the fibres. The downside of using this bleach is the additional work applying it.

You want to use it on the wood surface with a doused rag on a stick then brush it in with a stiff brush. It must be washed well with a garden hose or a pressure washer employing a low pressure tip after you are finished to make certain there isn’t any bleach left at the back. Any bleach residue left on the wood will make it tough for the sealer or stain to do its job correctly.

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