Wood Sealers

Wood decks look great after they have been cleaned. Now wooden decks can be sealed with a clear epoxy sealer that does not let the wood turn gray. This synthetic resin sealer has no oils to allow algae and mildew to feed and grow on.

The primary ingredients of this new deck water repellent are synthetic resins instead of the commonly used natural oils found in many heavily advertised national brands and others you might find at home centers. These natural oils are the ingredients that cause your deck to turn green and black. The oils are scrumptious food that algae and mildew eat several months after water soluble mildewcides and fungicides contained within the sealers are washed away by rain and snowmelt. Algae and mildew do not feast upon synthetic resins

Cleaning your wood deck is fairly easy. Perhaps the best advice is to tell you what not to do. I would never use a pressure washing device on wood decks. I have seen wood decks ruined by professional deck cleaners who use pressure washers. The water blasting from the tip of the cleaner easily erodes the soft light-colored spring-wood fibers. It leaves behind the dark summer-wood grain and can turn these ribbons of wood grain into razor sharp cutting edges.

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