Need a Pressure treated wood deck floor treatment that won't peel?

Question

My deck peels off every "deck solution" that I apply about a year later. Is there a product that I can use that will last at least 3 years?

Answer 1

you won't be happy until you replace your pressure treated with composite.

alternatively you could turn your peeling treated flooring over and let it weather naturally. If it is nailed down and you don't feel like spending many hours removing decking carefully, the composite may be best solution. slicing off 16inch sections and prying up easiest way to remove nailed pressure treated

Answer 2

I've installed a lot of decks, and what you suggest seems like you're expecting more than store bought might deliver? No offense.

Treated, factory delivered lumber, is no less susseptable to weathering and modest degrading, than any other material.

To "CLEAN" even a "SILVERED" Deck with a pressure washer will bring back much of the original color of the wood.

Applying a "Sealer"/ Treater, shouldn't be expected to last beyond a year, or even a season anyway. For a company to offer more would be a decline in profit for them.

An aside to this: Our society, our global culture; most especially in a profit motive; depends on planned Obsolesence. Vehicles are a great example, and certainly there are exceptions among any/all brands.

A "Treatment" for a deck is designed to SOAK IN, most especially, and Ideally when the deck is DRY, not immediately after a pressure washing. AND to attempt a treatment included in a Pressure washing/Infusion method, is ludicrous.

PEELING suggest that your either using a latex/ acryilic based treatment, or the deck is wet upon application of anything. Even Thompsons, one of the most widely used, yet HYPED way too much, does not PEEL. Actually SEALING the deck surface will likely create a peeling effect, not only due to the fact that in applying it you rarely get all the sides and under belly of the deck sealed/treated... Beyond that WOOD warps/ Bows/ Crowns/expands/contracts/crazes, etc. and no manufacturer I've ever noted "DOESN"T have very specific disclaimers, as to what their product can or cannot promise.

Steven Wolf

Answer 3

I have had good success with Behr waterproofing sealer on pressure treated wood. It soaks in well and seems to form some sort of bond with the wood. If you use the clear, you get to keep most of the natural wood look. It might look a bit dull, mine did.
I've also used Behr wood sealer and stain. It can be mixed to your color of choice and holds up well to sun and water. I live in New Mexico and I have had the stain on now for 5 years and it still looks okay. When it rains here it is torrential and water does not seem to seep in nearly as bad as with some other brands like Thompson.
The draw back is that Behr is expensive, but it is also a case of you getting what you pay for.

Answer 4

Stains first...
Many manufacturers carry full lines of both oil and latex products that can be used on pressure-treated wood. According to the folks at Cuprinol, you should wait at least one to two months before staining.

You may apply a clear preservative immediately, but it must be a product manufactured for use on fresh pressure-treated lumber. One such product is Wolman Oil-Base RainCoat Clear Water Repellant.

I hope this answers your question, if not check out this source that I have listed below.

Answer 5

Pressure treated wood deck
Doesn't need treatment.
If you want color, use a proper primer, but you may be sorry after painting.
I would just let it weather naturally.