Decking Treatment

Decking oil should be applied after the deck has been thoroughly cleaned.

Wood is made up of a honeycomb of microscopic cells. Whether softwood or hardwood, the cells are there, empty and waiting to be filled in by dirt!

Deck boards are different in one main respect to other timber structures outside. Deck boards lay horizontal not vertical like walled structures so dirt and dust is not readily washed off. It simply lays on the deck until it finds a home. If it is larger than the cellular structure of the wood, then it will eventually wash off. If it is dust-like and smaller than the cell structure, then it will fill the available cell!

This cell structure can be 'capped' by using Decking Oil.

The fact that your deck has been pressure treated in the manufacturing stage, does not mean that it requires no further treatment to alleviate stains and grey coloured decks.