Question

Pressure washer used to take off paint . is the decking fixable or ruined?. HELP

Answer 1

Sand it down & paint it. it will be good as new  

Answer 2

You can save it don’t worry, you’ll need to sand it where the wood is lifting but you can then paint over it again x

Answer 3

This happened to mine, I unscrewed it’s and flipped it over

Comments

I love all your ideas  

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@alhambra I managed to order decking oil on eBay today.  

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@kyd1563 ooh fabulous I’ll have a look thanks paul

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Make sure it's double sided lol

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Yes, make sure it is double sided. Ours is ridged on one side and smooth on the other

Answer 4

Ahhh I hope so! Going to leave it until it drys out then give it a go! xxx

Answer 5

Can anyone suggest a good paint please ?  

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@thimble99 Cuprinol

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We have done ours in slate grey  

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@jeanette I've seen people use this! It looks lovely! Thank you! *

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I swept mine then stained

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@chamber5 I was going to get this but the reviews were awful ☹️

Answer 6

Flip it over, normally double sided

Answer 7

Go up and down it with a wire brush sweep it all down and repaint  

Answer 8

Wee sand and paint be brand new

Answer 9

Worse case its less then £200 to replace them boards

Answer 10

Mine was the same. painted over no problem xx

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@freeboard9 this is how mine looks the now. Top photo. Am really wanting to paint it again. But as it went that way before. Am trying to find a oil or some sort of sealent to put on top of it so it dont go that way again. Any advice?  

Answer 11

You could rub a sander over it.  

Answer 12

. Mine literally has chunks of wood and splinters sticking out. . I'm praying it sands out! * yours looks lovely by the way x

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@thimble99 mine had a couple of bits of wood sticking out but tbh just broke them off and sanded down. And i have a rug out over some of it xx

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@freeboard9 what type of rug did you get? X

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@thimble99 not the best pic. but you get the idea. That one is an outdoor from aldi last year. Xx

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@freeboard9 eeee wow that's beautiful  

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@thimble99 thankyou. Keep working at it xx

Answer 13

The other half got carried away with the pressure washer  boys and toys.  

Answer 14

Pressure washed mine yesterday.  

Comments

Painted it with Cuprinol today. It’s come up fab x

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@cedeno what's your next plan? X

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@cedeno did you sand it all down?! Xx looks great!,  

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@thimble99 I didn’t have big bits out of it. It pressure washed off well. But the Cuprinol is thick as it’s anti slip x

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@thimble99 I’m running out of jobs lol. I’ve decorated 3 rooms in the house already  x

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@cedeno I'm definitely going to try to get some cuprinol. Thank you x

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@cedeno  

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@thimble99 I went to the range to get dog food and picked it up at the same time x

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@thimble99 gonna clean my oven tomorrow  

Answer 15

Shouldn't really pressure wash any wood really . let it naturally dry now, look on eBay for a product called olotroll, you add it to paint, it feeds and will totally waterproof your wood, it's actually mostly used on wooden hull boats.  

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@munson94 ah wow thanks for the advice!  I'll certainly have a look!  

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@thimble99 it's a bit pricey but if it stops a boat rotting it'll be bang on for a garden deck ether that or h Get some of this (bit of comedy)   
https://youtu.be/tbazGVrbN-g

Answer 16

We used cuprinol rescue decking paint on ours in slate grey its brilliant came up like new

Answer 17

Use it on any wood you paint

Answer 18

Thank you so much  

Answer 19

Did mine yesterday it will be fine I'm going to go over mine with a belt sander before repainting it

Answer 20

Turn it over I did mine its like new

Answer 21

Needs sanding

Answer 22

Thank you  

Answer 23

I'm still trying to get the gunge off  

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@cythera1 eeee hey this gardening malarkey is tough work!  

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@thimble99 certainly is! Took 2hrs to jet wash this patch alone and what seems days to build 4x new raised veggie beds  hey ho, weather is great and not complaining  

Answer 24

Just used oil.  

Answer 25

I would use an oil or wax on it feed the wood then paint with the colure u want

Answer 26

It's fine re stain or leave it. We used to do this every year.  

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@terisateriyaki same here

Answer 27

Just use decking oil. The amount of posts on here about people painting their decking is nuts. Think admin should put it up as a pinned post

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No offence meant but im surprised decking paints still available  

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@karwan Dorner I agree with you mine peeled off like paper , total wast of money and time

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@trixi the amount of grief it causes people and false advertising claims. It could genuinely become a huge compo claim if a solicitor takes it on

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@karwan Dorner you have a really good point

Answer 28

I've just used decking oil because I'm not prepared for the drama and upkeep of painting it all the time  

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@automaton what brand and colour did you use please its lovely  

Answer 29

I hope you can sort it

Answer 30

We jet wash ours

Answer 31

Then we just paint on decking oil  we’ve painted our old decking other side of garden before and it’s shite. We just oil every year now.  

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@carter i agree I’ve always stained or oiled mine but painted it this year for a change and I think I might regret it  

Answer 32

It's ruined. Get a skip.  

Answer 33

Ronseal decking rescue paint! It's amazing

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@chordophone agree . Worked for me.  

Answer 34

When u pain this I seen a post a hack for painting haha use a old sweeping brush in a paint tray works faster haha and less time ha xx

Answer 35

Kimbo Henry some tips here in the comments for your decking