UPDATED Ipe Deck Maintenance (FULL Cleaning and Oiling)
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2020
- This is an updated explanation of how to maintain an Ipe Deck/Fence/Siding. This video applies to the maintenance of any exterior use of Brazilian Hardwoods including, Ipe, Cumaru, Massaranduba, Purpleheart, Garapa and Tigerwood.
In this video, I’ll tell you how to properly maintain Brazilian Hardwood Decking. I’ll also show how I cleaned, brightened and oiled a really dirty Brazilian Hardwood surface.
There are a couple very helpful tips that I didn’t mention in the video,
1. If you want to keep your deck looking like new, spray it down with a water hose periodically. If you can keep pollen and dirt from settling in the face of the boards, they will stay clean longer.
2. Schedule your cleaning and oiling for AFTER the Spring pollination. Pollen is a prime cause of deck dirt. Timing your cleaning/oiling will make maintenance easier.
3. If you want to achieve and maintain a silver/grey color, simply skip the oiling. Oiling only serves to maintain the natural colors. Brazilian Hardwoods are naturally water, insect, mold, and fire resistant.
4. The ability to maintain Brazilian Hardwoods is an ADVANTAGE. Some people see maintaining these woods as a “con”. In fact, Brazilian Hardwoods are unique in that they CAN BE restored, recycled and reused. Artificial products fade, weaken, and deteriorate over time, and can never be restored.
Brazilian Wood Depot is the premier provider of Brazilian Hardwoods for Decking, Siding and Flooring. BWD is located in Atlanta, GA and ships all over the United States. For more information about BWD, visit bwdepot.com.
Messmer’s Wood Cleaner/Brightener (Part A &B)- www.messmers.com/messmers-wood...
Messmer’s UV Plus For Hardwood Decks (Natural)- www.messmers.com/messmers-uv-p...
Brazilian Wood Depot
6770 Buford Highway
Atlanta, GA 30340 770-242-0045
info@bwdepot.com
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Great explanation and process. Thank you for the video demonstration. Nice work.
Nice job! Thank you for the video.
Good video. Thank you
Thank you
Really impressed with the Part A & B brightener. I currently use SW’s 3-in-1 REVIVE, but I may have to switch to your Part A & B. I’ll test your product out vs revive, but I strongly suspect yours is better. With that said, I’ve tried the Armstrong & Clark deck stain and I find it looks slightly better than this product but both are very top-of-the-line products. Cheers!
Great update. Be sure to let the cleaner and brightener dissolve completely before spraying. Keep it wet. The wetter the better. Orbital sander works great. Old t-shirts works great. When oiling (and scrubbing), make sure to work the sides of the deck boards. And yes, the rags will catch on fire if you leave them laying around. Apply another coat of oil in 30 days if you can.
I agree with all of the above. Thank you!
Apply a another coat of oil in 30 days on top of a newly cured and active sealer?
👍Nice video!
Great video. I have a cantilever Ipe deck about the size of your table off my kitchen which is on the second story of my home. For part B, do I need to use that sprayer thing you used. Or can I use my hands or a brush like you did for part A? I’m a DIYer.
Are those sprayer things that you used in part B expensive. Should I invest in one if I’m going to do this finishing every six months. My deck gets crazy amounts of sun.
Will pressure washing degrade the wood over repeated washings?
That is acid wash, no? How did the hands take it? Where is the PPE? You did a great job, nice video
Putting Purple Heart in and there is uneven purpling. Should it leave it to settle a bit before oiling? Would oiling in the start lock the pigment in?
Amazing job there and great tips! I have a large IPE bench and the installer must have used the wrong kind of screws because they have left drip stains on the wood. If I oil the wood will the oil cause the stains to become permanent. I'm asking in case I decide later I want to do the work of sanding out the stains. Thanks for any advice!
Those black marks will continue to come back until you replace the screws with stainless. Stainless deck screws, predrilled is really the only option with ipe
Excuse me, they are wood deport from brazil right. So you have a brazilian channel or some thing this?
Wondering how he gets thomat lumber.... 🤔
Its hard to get it even in Brasil
I had a service come and power wash my extensive IPE decks and boardwalk. It is only 4 years old. It is an ocean front salty environment so it was pretty dirty. Since being power washed, people are getting some splinters which never happened before being power washed. Examining further, if i run hands over it does feel a little rough. Not smooth like it used to be. What is the best way to cure this? A light sanding? Splinters are no fun!
(We like our deck and boardwalk gray in our New England area. Its a classic look here. Thank you!
Sorry to hear that. They used too much pressure and/or got too close to the deck with the wand. I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure it can be sanded, washed and re-oiled.
DO NOT USE MESSMERS. I’ve used it 4 times and it just doesn’t last. 5 months tops. I’m extremely picky and a touch neurotic! Three times I’ve actually used a gentle screening (sanding) before the application. The oil just doesn’t penetrate my Massranduba deck.
If anyone has any suggestion I would love a reply. Best wishes all.
I have Massarannduba decking and nothing seems to work sealer wise. Mesmers used to work great until they had to change the VOC's and now it stays on for 3 months only. Deck looks horrible now, dont know what to use.
I agree. I have an Ipe deck and it cleans up great and oils make it look great, but only for a few months. Then they darken and it looks like a brown deck.
Great video. I have a deck which has not been cleaned in7-8 years because I liked the grey color. I have cleaned the deck with Messmer's deck cleaner. some areas are still a concern. Where bamboo has over hanged the deck, a sap has formed on the deck surface and the deck cleaner has not removed all of the sap. In another area. the deck is at ground level and the dirt has not been completely removed. In a third area the deck has been covered for seven years and this area is a very different color than the other areas. Do you have any ideas on how to address these concerns? Do I need to sand the deck to get a consistent color? What grit sandpaper? I was thinking 80 grit providing rough surface to absorb more oil. Finally, I want a clear natural oil, What product do you recommend?
i have a deck that's 15 years old without care.....starting to split...and dirt in cracks.
So in the video you stated after using A the cleaner then B the brightener you used the "oil", but the link you posted for the products Messmer's UV Plus in Natural says it's a "wood finish and deck stain" is this not an oil? I've heard other videos talk about an "oil" being applied, but then get referred to a stain. Just looking for some clarity. I don't usually work on exterior pieces, but I just want to make sure I'm looking into the correct products. Typically with wood stain you have to wipe off excess after a few minutes of absorption, but I just saw you applying the product and leaving it. Never used these products before, typically I'm using products for interior furniture. Are the products in this video also good for exterior ipe patio furniture as well?
Messmer's is an oil-based product. And yes, you should maintain a thin coat, either by back-wiping excess or keeping your coat thin. Back-wiping leads to wasted product. It's more effective to spread excess out, rather than wiping it up, where possible.
Lol must be my luck or yours that all the videos I’ve watched from you guys have a train horn blaring
Don’t use a belt sander. On wide areas it will leave gouge marks.
I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia A decade or so ago I put in a (~18 X '20') Cumnaru deck with four full width span stairs. I took my time and was completely anal on the install. I spent a fortune on the wood and did all the labor myself. It looks like a million bucks. Since then I have only used Messmers oil on the finish. It's very expensive. It's a royal pain in the ass to apply. It does not last long here in VB. YES!!! It looks GREAT (for about 3 -4 months.....MAYBE 6) but after that? After ten years of this ordeal I am not sure its worth the aggravation and am considering letting my deck go grey with just a pressure wash twice a year. I am now an old geezer.
Each spring I laboriously clean the deck. I have always used TSP or some similar deck cleaning product. I have experimented a bunch of different things. They all do pretty much the same thing. It's the pressure washer that really does all the work. Everyone will tell you not to pressure wash a deck but most of them do not own an Ipe or Cumaru deck. These exotics are almost as hard as concrete. It's not Southern Yellow Pine. Just use your head while pressure washing and use the right nozzle. Nothing else will get it really clean unless you're 21 years old, have a very small deck and NOTHING else to do except spend days on your hands n knees scrubbing the deck. Or want to sand it. I am NOT that guy.
Once you've CLEANED it and then BLEACHED it with Oxalic Acid and let it dry, you can add the Messmers. You MUST follow the directions to a T and even then, you MUST get on your hands and knees with a dozen old towels and manually rub the hell out of the deck to eliminate ALL of the residual finish within the first 30 minutes or so. Note*. This is a HELL of a lot of work. If it's sticky AT ALL, you're not done. If it's sticky, and you do this in the spring like 98 percent of the humans out there, air born pollen will STICK to the finish.
If you leave it AT ALL sticky, it will attract all kinds of dirt and look like hell in no time. If you apply it razor thin, (wet edge), don't you dare overlap and then get on your hands and knees to wipe up all the excess it will STILL only last 6 months or so before it needs cleaning again. UNLESS of course you live in an area with no sunlight and no rain. Then it might just be the cats ass!
I am now looking into applying a water based product. The oil is a giant pain in the rear. It looks AMAZING.....for a little while.
Why can’t you clean it with bleach around 3%? And then use a wood brightener after?
LMAO @ a Ryobi on ipe. C'mon guy. If you're going to recommend a sander for something like ipe we should be talking about Festool or at least Makita if you need something a little cheaper
yeah, only $250+ RO sanders can sand ipe
@@grocerylist a Makita is only $99. That Ryobi is a piece of junk. At $12/LF a shit sander shouldn't be considered for the world's hardest wood.
@@michaelmichaels2097 the finish using the cheapest DO sander would be no different than a Festool.
@@grocerylist I can tell you haven't used Festool on a big job or ipe. I've ran the gamut. Ryobi, craftsman, Bosch, DeWalt, Milwaukee, Makita and Festool. You really can't justify the price unless you're doing big, expensive jobs or need to be dustless, but Festool runs circles around the rest of them. It's multiple times faster, easier on your hands and yes it does give a better finish. Spend 3hrs sanding with Ryobi and 3hrs sanding with Festool. Festool will give you a better finish in half the time.