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What deck sealer should I use?
I built a new deck with pergola last summer. Power washed this week and am looking to seal it now.
What is the best sealer out there in your opinion? I am looking for a clear sealer. It faces the south with no shade from nearby trees...hence the pergola. It gets beat by the summer sun. |
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Cabot is the best. Clear looks great but you will be refinishing at least every other year if you want it to stay looking good. I am in the middle of re building my whole deck and am using composite. I am done with all the work wood requires.
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This will be my main summer project. Which brand/type are you going with?
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Benjamin Moore is the best ive found.
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Cabot hands down is the best I've ever used.
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This is what I've used. Applied it 3 years ago and the deck still repels water and looks great. |
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B. Moore soacks in and seals it unlike many that have a wax base like Thompsons Waterseal. That stuff wears off in a few months of hot summer sun.
I have never used Cabot I will have to give it a look see and see what the ingredients are. |
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My wife and I have sanded and refinished our 12' x 12' deck 2 or 3 times now after having it power washed. I'll ask her when she gets home which 2 brands we used. Junk whatever they were and promised.
Pretty sure one was Thompsons. Both lasted one rainy season. Of course we live in a 3 month rainforest but when you spend more $$ to buy a guarantee for something to last x amout of time, only thing to hope for is luck I guess? And we didn't get lucky. When the better half gets home tonight I'll ask and post then. ![]() ![]()
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Pretty much anything not called Thompson's Water Seal.
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I have learned that the hard way. We have used three five gallon pales of it on the three decks down in Missouri and it disappears in a couple of months. Going to try something better this summer, so this is a good thread.
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