I built my deck using Gold Edge tongue and groove chip board which I coated
with Elastoseal x 4 layers then Coat A Deck x 6 layers.
Local Park Department uses Elastoseal with Coat A Deck to coat marine and
out door items. It covers wood with an elastic coat. Elasticity is
the key, since most paint and epoxy will not adequately stretch, which leads
to cracking. The deck has been in use for four years with no problems.
Even treated wood begins to rot since almost everyone immediately violates
the 1/8" treated layer with screws or nails, which water follows into
the interior of the wood which is not treated. The treated wood simply rots
from the inside to the outside.
~Gary Lane
Eugene, Oregon Where "dry" is a condition found only in ovens.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: elevated plywood
> Jon
>
> I used the very best outdoor latex that Sears had to offer and it last
less
> than two years in the hot, humid Houston climate. Clark Lord painted his
> plywood in Las Vegas and it didn't hold up much better in the hot, dry
> climate.
>
> I have been thinking seriously about the roofing shingles (almost passes
for
> ballast). The heat will drop them down. You don't want to do anything
that
> will prevent moisture from draining away from the wood.
>
> The best I've seen to date for plywood -- a covering sprayed on that is
the
> same material used for spraying liners into pickup trucks. Expensive,
looks
> great and only time will tell how it holds up.
>
> Jim Crabb
> Houston
>
