Pressure Washing Treated Wood on our Deck (Before & After)
Kim spent many (many!) hours this week pressure washing our deck to prepare it for sealing sometime next week. We had the deck installed last year, and the contractor recommended we wait 6-8 months before pressure washing and sealing it. Unfortunately, some of the wood has cracked over the winter (we’re now questioning his advice). Perhaps it would have been better to seal immediately.
This picture shows how even 8 months of weather on an untreated pine deck can begin to grey the pressure treated wood. Fortunately, a power washer with the right tip and right technique can take the grey right out of the wood without damaging the boards.
The complete details of how to properly pressure wash a deck will be in a later post, but for now, here’s a side-by-side before and after picture of Kim’s hard work:
Before and After:
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May 4th, 2008 at 11:31 am
She did a great job! Why does the wood turn grey?
May 4th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Sandy: I agree on her wonderful job. Kim is great (I got me a good one!)…
As for why decks turn grey, honestly I wasn’t sure - so I looked it up online. I found this article that I thought was pretty decent.
http://weatherbos.com/Decks/decks-grey.htm