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19th November 2020, 09:43 PM #16New Members
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Treeroo what did you end up using on your tallowwood deck and how did it go? Have tallowood deck and having a similar dilemma - Used sikkens natural and its pretty orange
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21st November 2020, 08:11 PM #17Senior Member
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Any pics Rodog? I was thinking sikkens on tallowwood also but don’t want orange.
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12th February 2022, 08:34 AM #18New Members
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Hey mate!
Would love to know how this has aged, as I have a tallowwood deck. Approx 90m². And I used Cutek with a gold colour tone. Didn't turn out too great and it's been one year since birth and really struggling to decide what to do with it. Whether to start over and go water based or try just natural oil and let it silver off.
Such a big area requires alot of maintenance. I was hoping 12 months but with cutek it looks like I would need to do 6 months which hurts the bank a bit haha.
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13th February 2022, 11:10 AM #19New Member
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"I was hoping 12 months but with cutek it looks like I would need to do 6 months which hurts the bank a bit haha."
I'm afraid I have to agree. It hasn't worked out great at all. The area that is undercover wears really well, doesn't change colour much and remains hydrophobic. The area that gets the sun, mostly in the summer months since it faces south, need re-coats every 6 months or more. Actually more. It's now mid Feb, and I'd recoated in early Dec, so make that 3 months! This is the 2nd year it's behaved that way. I know it will need more coats again in couple of weeks before the cooler months.
When I was in contact with the distributor while looking at options he suggested that high traffic areas might need a top up every now and then when the hydrophobicity wanes. Afraid not. Traffic or no traffic the UV stability of Cutex Extreme is highly questionable in my opinion whether it is tinted, which i did initially, or not which is I've done subsequently. I'm not impressed at all for supposed quality product. It's really not a lot of maintenance but with increasing arthritis in my hands it is real (literal) pain.
I'd love to hear of some next steps / alternatives from folks. If you are going to use another product the manufacturer recommends sanding back which would be another really pain. Don't want to do that but I might have to
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