Sanding wont hurt anything but you will have to be carefull going over the fasteners. Powerwashing wood is also a little tricki defentley cut the preasure to around 300 psi and use a very wide fan. I dont use them at all. With the trim/columns and such just repaint. You could sand the deck as well and see what you get most often the paint gets way into the grain requiring a stripper/brightner. J.

I have a Spraycrete Deck, but I think it's just a different name for the same thing. I was given one of the sheets with around 10 colors to pick from. I wanted a different color, and they told me that they don't often tell customers this, but they get the paint from Porter Paints and that I could choose any Porter Paint color and they could use it. Might be worth checking into. BTW, my deck is always cool, even in the Florida summers. Kristen

Jim, I just cant see you diging up really old posts, going on and on about it, with out some type of goal. Exactley what are you trying to prove??? Go to my site, All the ipe projects have 116 on them. As you can see they are not Red or Redwood or anything close to that. Saying it is makes me Mad clear and simple. Now if you put 116 on say preasure treated,garapa or any light color wood then Yes its going to come out a different color than 116 on ipe. This is basic 101 wood finish. Any of the resin base twp products can be mixed together to come up with a different color. I have used combos like that when puting finish on Garapa and other woods. I put cedar tone natural on ipe one time because the Wallet asked for it the result was bad but I did what they wanted however for ipe its most always the 116. Ipe itself is not one color it ranges from almost black to a light tan 116 levals out the differances but the result is not Red. Any color chip you get from Any finish store is going to be different on another kind of wood other than the wood used on the chip you cant expect them to have samples of finish on every kind of product. Just get off it Man. Its up to the Customer to know if one finish is the right one for them. There is no way twp is showing product online / samples / or color chips that dont match up with what they sell. You might not agree with what they call it if so just pick another name for your self and call it that but it Defentley is what they say it is and what they say they sell is what they sell. The JonMon has been a little tense latley after a long term project was real hard on me. This is a mixed site if I could I would edit my last response but O Well. J.

While our pool cures, we are having the deck and other cement work done, it will be stamped concreate,,, now, what is the best thing to do, stain it? paint it? or coat it? we live in So. Cal and summer temps average 100-1005 and lots and lots of sun, so fading is a consideration. We have heard that Kool-Coat peels,,, is that true? Thanks for any help!