Treated deck maintenance

[Timothy F. Lewis]

After some pretty heavy abuse, my deck needs a little “help”. Just throwing this out there, should I scrub, sand, scrub, rinse and restain or paint?
I see the prep almost the same, wife likes the stain, does the SWMBO take precedence?
Personally, I grew up with painted “Deck” #9 grey enamel painted porches. After three years, and two coats of stain, it’s just time to refinish. The scrub, sand, scrub will be the same. Where I don’t I have no particular bent either way,
Maybe a more opaque stain?
It’s a four day project, which I get get tired of doing!

 

[Steve Hoch]

I'm so glad I have a concrete patio, and driveway for that matter. I spend a couple hours power washing every spring and then forget about it again until next year.

 

[LMichaels]

I'm one that if I go through the trouble of having a wood deck I want the wood to show. I used transparent oil stain on it. Coming up on 3 years and it's time to do a wash and restain. And BTW I hired someone

 

[Ray J.]

I pressure wash a few days in advance and sand if needed.
I always use semi transparant stain, my recent favorite is Cabot Austrialian Timber Oil.
My deck builder suggested not to use cheap stain otherwise you will spend more time prepping/scraping the old stain off.

 

[LMichaels]

First 2x I used Sikkens then found out Sikkens USA was bought out by Pittsburg Paints and after checking found it to be same formula (still very expensive) just says Pittsburg

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

The work is the same, so I’ll stain, SWMBO will be happier!

 

[timothy]

Yea if the deck is wolmanized getting paint to stick and last is a toss up.Better to use a solid or semi transparent stain.
I painted a few porches with the old battleship gray color but those were regular pine back in the day before treated became a thing.

 

[DuaneMac]

I did mine a couple years ago, 36’x14’ second floor. I used Olympic semi transparent Cedar Tone. After all the snow shoveling this year, I think I’m gonna redo the floor this Spring, it could use it.

 

[Brian B Atlanta]

Better to use a solid or semi transparent stain.

I went to a solid stain maybe 6 years ago down here it just holds up better. Still I have to do it every 3 years but no sanding or anything required just a light pressure wash.