Is your deck happy? How do you know? Well, for starters walk outside and take a look at it. Is the color bright? How about the surface? Is is even? When it rains, does water bead and run off? If you answered “no” to these questions, your deck isn’t happy. Simple cleaning and deck coatings changes all that. Here’s how to keep your deck happy.
Wood Deck Coatings
Chances are your wood deck is dirty. And, you can’t apply any of the many deck coatings on the market to a dirty surface. They won’t stick. Don’t waste your time or the deck coating materials. Before you start cleaning, inspect the deck structure for loose railings and rotten boards. See em? Fix em! Now give it a good cleaning. Pressure wash or scrub the deck with a sturdy deck brush and a wood-safe cleaning solution.
You can buy a deck wash concentrate like TruCleanEx House Wash concentrate or make your own. Either way, allow the wood to dry completely before starting with the deck coatings.
Wood Deck Cleaning Solution
For a real DIY job, make your own cleaning solution. Mix:
- A gallon of water
- 1 quart bleach
- 1 pint rubbing alcohol
- 2 tablespoons Murphy’s wood oil soap
The warmer the water, the better it works.
Easiest Way to Clean Wood Decks
The easiest way to clean the deck is call Crank Waterproofing. Let them make your deck happy and you’ll be happy too. Everybody wins.
Deck Coatings for Cement
If you’ve got a cement deck, you’ve got a blank canvass for deck coatings. That’s because cement deck coatings do double duty. Apply Desert Crete or Dex-O- Text products that seal and protect and you make your deck happy and beautiful. Microtoppings are like a facelift for your deck.
If your concrete is cracked, that’s got to be fixed before any deck coatings go down. If the crack is less than 1/2″ wide, you can fill it with a caulk or sealer. For cracks larger than 1/2″ you’re going to need to fill it with something that adds strength. Chisel it into a vee shape and fill with some quick setting concrete or do it right with a polymer resin. Now you are ready to apply your deck coating.
Easiest Way to Make Cement Decks Happy
Okay, all that inspecting and repairing before the deck coating is a real chore. Besides, do you know how to mix quickcrete? If you can’t caulk your bathroom sink or windows and doors, can you properly use caulk to fix a cement crack? Do you even know what product to pick? The easiest way to do this job is leave it to the experts. Like the experts at Crank Waterproofing.
Easiest Way to Keep Decks Happy
Of course the easiest way to stay in good graces with your deck is just let the experts take care of it. You don’t cut your own hair, why should you waterproof and repair your own deck?
Call (949) 646-9356 or contact Crank Waterproofing online
