Browse Forums Outdoor Living 1 Nov 14, 2009 11:51 am Hi all, I am about to clean my deck off and give it a bit of maintenance. I know that I cannot apply decking oil (Cabots) under 10degrees, and if I remember correctly I should not apply it in direct sunlight. But I was wondering about after the sun has started to drop? The temp should drop to about 23-24 by this time, and out of direct sunlight, I tinkk I might be OK?? I know it takes 8 hours to dry, and 18 hours for a recoat (which I wont need). Any thoughts?? Adrian B Re: Re-oiling a deck - Temperature v sunlight 2Nov 14, 2009 6:14 pm Sounds like the best time. You will get better life out of better products than the decking oil. Traditional oils are evaporated by the sun and also absorb dirt. Water-based decking oils such as Intergrain Ultradeck (better version of Cabots Aquadeck) would give you much better life. Re: Re-oiling a deck - Temperature v sunlight 3Nov 14, 2009 9:10 pm Thanks Dman, the only prob is that the half of the deck that is under roofline still repells water, so Icannot use the water based ones. If only I had used water based in the start........ BTW the CAbots help line was very very helpful, and answeed my call on a Saturday as well. Adrian B Surrey Hills, Vic 3127 Garage is being built with metal, 3m distance away from my cover deck. It is parallel to my cover deck, living room, family room and kitchen,… 0 7016 I've just built 3 stairs off a landing out the back and been told by the private certifier I need hand rails sorry tried to attach a pic but couldn't mine don't have sides… 5 4101 So I'm just reading up on this ecosystem of lights. I'm planning on putting deck lights along the outside edge of a large deck. Will need about 3 packs (18 lights) plus… 0 21547 |