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 Ok guys (and girls) need a little input. My new lake house has a nice big deck on the back of the house.

I’m going to redo the steel with metal studs so I can add paneling. Build brick flower bed and repaint support. My question is the deck it self. I need to stain it, seal it or something.

What can I put down that will look good and last a long time. Remember I’m not really into work, so it needs to be easy enough that Mama can do it with my supervision.

 

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Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on March 16, 2011 at 7:22pm
Do you have mosquittos down there, I thought all the mosquitos in the world were at my house , just down from the rice fields?
Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 16, 2011 at 6:47pm
Paint it with oil enamel
Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on March 16, 2011 at 6:12pm
Also, I would close in the deck with screen so you can sit out there in the summer without mosquito visitors. In that case, you need to also close off underneath the deck so they can't come up and get you.
Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on March 16, 2011 at 6:08pm
Anything you paint on it will wear off and look worn. I would leave it alone myself. What's wrong with natural wood deck? People love wooden decks.
Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on March 16, 2011 at 2:26pm
 Thompson water seal with stain already in it, you can roll it on or spray it with a pump up sprayer, you can find product at any big retail warehouse, may need to do it again in three years, silicone doesn't last. Get your wife a strap for the sprayer , you dont want her to get tired too quick.

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