I have a deck and I've pressure washed it so many times that you can't walk on it without getting splinters in your feet. Can I treat it with something or do I have to sand it down and then treat it? And what is the best treatment?
Thanks!
Pressure washed wood!
Jul 18, 2005
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Your best bet is to lightly sand the deck with 80 grit to remove the = tufts raised by the pressure washer and, in the future, use the "fan" = setting on the nozzle instead of the high pressure setting. The "fan" = setting will give the same results without as much wood raising.=20
Before you treat the deck, you might want to read what they have to say = at =20
Wood Handbook Wood as an engineering material. General Technical Report 113. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest = Products Laboratory. 463 p.
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is a section which deals with "Biodeterioration of Wood" and = another on "Finishing of Wood" which will be of some interest to you. = It certainly opened my eyes.
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