Recommendations for deck paint for porch

[newbury]

Any current recommendations for a long lasting deck paint?
Tired of every 2 or 3 years redoing.

 

[spitter]

Unfortunately, no. I did a job in a Sherman Williams Research center, and they had stains and paints laid out in full sunlight. The guy there said he had all brands there with test samples, at best a horizontal surface in full sunlight will need a recoat in 2 - 3 years depending on condition.

Clear topcoats are the worst. Oil stain types are the easiest to recoat because there is no peeling or chipping.

 

[oosik]

I use a semi-translucent oil stain. It's made by Cabot. Not saying Cabot is any better than others but it's certainly better than paint.

I redo my decks every five years or so. Except for the south side of my cedar house( PanAbode ) this product is good for 12 to 15 years. The south side gets recoated along with my decks.

With oil stains - when it starts looking bad - just roll on another coat.

 

[319Quahog]

Ever thought of biting the bullet and going with composite decking?

I'm using Timbertech on mine.

 

[oosik]

My small dock ( 10 x 16 ) has composite decking. It's 17 years old and I've never done anything to the decking. It's been on the lake for all 17 years and still looks as good as the day I bought it.

The only downside to composite - it gets HOT in the summer sun. Not a surface you will want to walk on bare footed. When we go down to the dock - we take a 5 gallon plastic bucket. Bucket water out of the lake and splash across the dock. This will cool it down and allow foot traffic for a while.

This is what it looks like after the winter. A normal spring project - scrub down the deck. All the local wildlife enjoy the little dock also.
The beavers, the geese & ducks and the magpies.

 

[Smokeydog]

Have a section of our back deck not covered. Sees the worst of the southern sun and weather. Been playing chemist by adding ingredients to oil based stains. Non-nano zinc, powder, boiled linseed oil and non diluted antifreeze.

Last fall had a gallon of Olympic best semitransparent stain in the cart to recoat the weathered section, $50. Noticed the paint counter at Lowe’s had two gallons of the same stuff that they had tinted for a customer. One brown, one green. $10 each.
To each gallon added pint of both boiled linseed oil, antifreeze, four big spoonfuls of zinc powder and a packet of moldicide. Mixed well. Brown stain on top. Green underneath. Over winter the tint adds durability. Antifreeze kills mold, algae or rot and helps oil penetrate deeper into the wood. Had some mold and algae showing underneath. All gone now. So far so good, time will tell.

 

[oosik]

Smokeydog. It's just too dry here to get mold or fungus. However - I do get wind blown volcanic ash. It is EXTREMELY abrasive and must be hosed off vehicles - not rubbed off in any fashion.

BTW - where in the world did you ever come up with that deck treatment formula. Sounds like a form of Witches brew or an alternate to Long Island Iced tea.

 

[Smokeydog]

Rot and termites always a problem here. Made DIY “BoraCare” to help keep our 300+ year old log structures healthy for future generations. Going to be wet, rainy and smokey for a week.

 

[5030]

I pressure wash ours first with ordinary household bleach sprayed on prior to pressure washing and then let it dry a week or so and spray on a coat of boiled linseed oil reduced with mineral sprits and it's good to go for 5 years or so. Do the same on my rentals which both have large PT decks. I like the composite planking but it's just too costly to use, at least for me. Heck, today, even .40 retention is expensive but then today everything is abnormally high including motor fuel and groceries.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I used Behr Porch paint w/anti-slip ingredient. Clean w/power spray, waited 1 week and rolled one coat. Looks like new still after 3 years. Cost was $38/gallon and covers 450 sqft. I recommend that.