Deck?

[oneshot 1]

Been putting Sealer on out Deck. Haven't been happy with any.

Thinking of just painting it.

Thoughts?

oneshot

[MOPanfisher]

Painting treated wood is a waste of time and money.  Won't stick long and looks terrible.

[fishinwrench]

When I built my deck I used CCA, let it dry out then power washed and sealed it with Thompson's.  A few boards eventually started rotting so I replaced with a few sticks of CCA and a few sticks of regular old pine lumber.   

The plain old pine lumber (non-treated) has lasted longer than the CCA on the uncovered portion of my deck.    

If I had to do it again, and wanted it to last forever, I'd use plain lumber, never treat it, and just paint it.    But actually for a deck I like the rough look of weathered unpainted/untreated lumber.   

[oneshot]

2 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

When I built my deck I used CCA, let it dry out then power washed and sealed it with Thompson's.  A few boards eventually started rotting so I replaced with a few sticks of CCA and a few sticks of regular old pine lumber.   

The plain old pine lumber (non-treated) has lasted longer than the CCA on the uncovered portion of my deck.    

If I had to do it again, and wanted it to last forever, I'd use plain lumber, never treat it, and just paint it.    But actually for a deck I like the looks of weathered unpainted/untreated lumber.   

Interesting might save me some next time building 

oneshot