Deck Daddy....

[CitadelBlue]

My deck is looking more and more like the board walk at Ocean City MD .... I was thinking about flipping the boards and or replacing them with new ones ..... Have seen a couple of advertisements for some king of deck board coating / renewal ....Can anyone tell me exactly what this is all about .....http://www.deckdaddy.com/ ?

 

[tncatadjuster]

Flipping usually does not work. They should have been placed crown up, now if you flip them they become crown down and become little lakes.

That looks like vinyl siding for your deck. Not sure how that will work out in the long run, with hidden rot and such.

 

[Kevin54]

Doesn't Rustoleum make something similar to that? I'm fairly certain it was Rustoleum and they were advertising it on TV quite a bit earlier this summer.

Found it. It's called Restore http://rustoleumrestore.com/

 

[CitadelBlue]

Found it. It's called Restore http://rustoleumrestore.com/

Seems Behr makes something called "Deck Over" ..... I may have to look at this further ,,,,,, Thanks

 

[neonnblack]

Restore is a good product. Just had a customer a few weeks ago buy around 60 gallons of it. The only thing is, it needs the special rollers and you can only roll one way. You go forward and never back track like regular painting.

 

[iibgdi]

Here's one I am looking at too.

https://rocksolidfloors.com/

 

[iibgdi]

As I am reviewing videos on Rocksolid floors,they indicate that you don't really want snow sitting on it and need to be careful with shoveling etc.

It does appear that it will look more like a composite decking after using and will fill in cracks, holes and wood grain.

I was hoping this stuff would be more durable, like Epoxy. Maybe that is just more of a way to make it last longer? I'll keep looking at the other ones and compare.

I wonder if all of the products have the same limitations?

 

[iibgdi]

Going through all of the videos on the Rocksolid floors. They are saying that you should NEVER have to treat your deck again after this is applied. It does appear thicker than some of the other things I've seen and it has a anti slip texture to it.

I have a cedar deck that is worn smooth in places and needs stained every year. Hoping to find something like what this claims to be. Anyone find anything similar to this?

 

[iibgdi]

I definitely recommend watching their video's on Rocksolid.

Video # 9 of the series is 13:45 but it basically goes through everything that the first 8 videos say plus a lot more.

I'm pretty much thinking this is the way I am going. The prep work they recommend (watch the video) is A LOT but if I never have to touch it again, I might like that.

I haven't seen any other products like this. Behr and the rustoleum don't appear to be in the same ball park with this.

I welcome any other input on this as I am going to pull the trigger in a week or 2

 

[Chitown_hillbilly]

I haven't seen any other products like this. Behr and the rustoleum don't appear to be in the same ball park with this.

How did you come to this conclusion?

The reason I think I will end up going with the Rustoleum Restore is that my deck was previously painted and I'm not sanding 2000 sq ft to get back to bare wood. It can be applied over paint as long as it is still in good shape, Rock Solid has to be applied over bare wood.

 

[iibgdi]

How did you come to this conclusion?

The reason I think I will end up going with the Rustoleum Restore is that my deck was previously painted and I'm not sanding 2000 sq ft to get back to bare wood. It can be applied over paint as long as it is still in good shape, Rock Solid has to be applied over bare wood.

I came to the conclusion that Rocksolid is much more like putting an epoxy coat on. the others seam just like a stain or paint.

I watched 45 minutes of video on the rocksolid site and after a few minutes on rustoleum and behr it seemed apparent that they were more or less a heavier version of stain or paint.

I would welcome any feedback that says otherwise as I am thinking right now that I am going to go with Rocksolid.

Yes, it does take a lot more work and ideally you want to get down to the wood before you put it on but the thought of never touching it again is very intriguing to me.

Besides, my deck isn't that large and it is generally in the shade so it isn't a Herculean task.

 

[gygeneral]

How did you come to this conclusion?

The reason I think I will end up going with the Rustoleum Restore is that my deck was previously painted and I'm not sanding 2000 sq ft to get back to bare wood. It can be applied over paint as long as it is still in good shape, Rock Solid has to be applied over bare wood.

When I restained my deck 10 yrs ago, I rented a floor sander, I sanded my whole deck to bare wood in no time at all.
Just an idea.

 

[taoncale]

I had Deck Daddy to my deck, they sanding, filled cracks and painted two coats for $4,200 which seems excessive, but it looks good.

 

[nine4gmc]

We're looking into the Rustoleum right now, any bad reviews on this product, please post up. I would consider Rock-Solid but the sanding to bare wood seems like a WHOLE lot of work.

 

[mark11]

I think Trex and maybe others make boards intended to do deck overs.

 

[Strouty]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154884

Some GJ reviews over the last few years on the Rustoleum Restore as well as other suggestions.

 

[Sarki]

When I restained my deck 10 yrs ago, I rented a floor sander, I sanded my whole deck to bare wood in no time at all.
Just an idea.

Same here. Ran over to Home Depot and rented a sander. Purchased a few sanding pads and for under 3 hours and maybe $75 I sanded my deck down so I had a nice clean base.
Laid down 2 coats (2 gallons) of Flood CWF-UV stain and I now have a great looking 17 year old deck.

 

[vette66bob]

Looked into Deck Daddy's reputation, not to good. Check this out.

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/0...gets-told-this-interview-is-over--105325.html