Hi all, I'm in Melbourne's south east, and I planted some soft leaf buffalo over summer and followed a lot of the instructions found on this website from the likes of the almighty Fu, etc. It was brilliant having the advice of people that have successfully made things grow before because, well, I do...

Hi all, Well my deck is ready for it's first restaining after the initial coat of Sikkens Cettol HLS several months ago. I'm just wondering if the general consensus is to give the deck a wash with something like Intergrain Reviva before restaining, or would you just ensure that the deck is clean and...

Thanks for the reply, to_do_list (that's funny, I've got one of them too - seems to grow more than it shrinks though). So do you think if I went with the pine HLS or something similarly light, it would actually lighten the deck with the Dark Oak stain already on it? I'm thinking of either trying tha...

Hi all! We've just gotten a 5m x 5m merbau deck built. I purchased Integrain Reviva to clean it, that went well. Then I purchased the Sikkens Cetol HLS (Dark Oak) to stain it with, and then, stupidly, stained the whole deck. We learn from our mistakes though, and I now know that I should have gotten...

G'day all, We've just put in a deck in our backyard that runs from the back door to the fence (approx 4.5 metres), and then runs about about 6.5 metres wide. I've been considering a couple of solutions for providing shade/rain cover on demand (still want to be able to enjoy the sun if I want to!). I...