As the title says, I am looking for an ice melt that won’t take the stain off of a wooden deck. The company that refinished my deck this summer said that I could use Road Runner Magnesium Chloride Ice Melt Pellets. Can anyone verify this? I checked around online, but can’t find anything. Don’t want to mess up the stain. TIA.
As I ease myself back into model making, I want to challenge myself more. I used to love building military models, particularly ships, and at one point in time completed a Bismark, USS Enterprise, Tirpitz, Nimitz and Missouri. Sadly, all were damaged during various moves and I foolishly threw them out instead of setting them aside to fix later. Now I'm looking to get back into building them and I see various special edition kits or aftermarket kits that will add authentic wooden decks, photo etch railings and other details, etc.
Having only ever really known Testors brand paints and glue, I find myself reluctant to spend on these kits without knowing the proper fixatives to use in these cases. What do the more experienced users recommend in these situations?
I'm already experimenting with other paint brands. I prefer the enamels when doing brush work. I may invest in an airbrush in the future. Many of the pictures in this group have inspired to try to learn that method of painting as the end results are simply gorgeous.
How do you clean up algae between wooden deck gap? Tried to spray deck cleaner then pressure wash but not removing algae between deck gap completely. Just worry these algae between gap will grow sooner and come up to the deck surface
We recently moved into a home with a beautiful wooden deck. I see that some of the wood panels have been replaced before. Does anyone know how to make sure the deck has a long life expectancy? Do I need to buy any wood protecting things to use on it? I live in Northern California and it’s mostly dry but can be foggy in the summer.
Here a photo of the deck
https://imgur.com/a/ZkSxzV3
I live in CO. CO has extreme heat during summer and extreme cold during winter. I have a wood deck with no covering. I don't want to add a covering. Any stain on the deck no matter how well prepped starts stripping in about a year. At that point, I essentially need to refinish the deck or try to patch it and have it look splotchy/peeling.
I considered ripping out the deck entirely and installing a cement patio. however, after talking to a structural engineer about my foundation, he mentioned that would be a bad idea. I have very expansive shifting soils and he assumed the cement patio will crack in 3-5 years and only get worse over time.
I considered the artificial deck boards, but those seem to warp in really hot heat or get really hot to walk on.
I'm considering deck tiles and wanted to know people's opinions. They make interlocking plastic ones. I figured this might make sense as they would be lightweight and possibly easy to replace if they went bad. It seems some of them would allow me to anchor them into the wood deck below which might prevent any warping issues I have fear of. I figured, they are somewhat lightweight/thin enough that they may not absorb as much heat as the synthetic deck boards. The deck boards underneath would provide the structural support. I realize there is a flaw in here where I won't be able to weather seal my boards. i'm hoping that the cover will partially protect it.
What does everyone think? Have you done something similar? Does it hold up well? Does my assumptions about heat/warping of these tiles seem accurate?
I have a cracked unlevel concrete pad under a lean-to porch. I am considering either having the concrete removed and repoured which feels like it would be wildly expensive (and some of the porch columns are encased in the current concrete, or building a wooden porch on top of the pad to match the footprint of the lean-to. Obviously water is a concern as it wouldn't fix any issues with grading, etc. Also, I have a concern about the wooden porch remaining level over several years. What is your recommendation?
Any references especially first hand experience would be really helpful looking to find a reliable company
Breaking ground on a porch (front) and a deck with wooden hot tub (back) very soon. I have two applications for light strips. One will get rain splatter indirectly (back deck); the other will be outside but will be covered by the porch (front). I'd like to select one light strip that I can use, but am aware that the back will need to be okay with indirect water splashing.
Would like color. Individually addressable would be nice. I am a light Home Assistant user (and will move more that way out of time). It's only about 35' of light strips around the porch and around 20' around the raised area of the deck (back), so price isn't really an issue. I like it to be a one and done (not replace the thing for a decade).
For the deck in the back, there is a raised bench made out of decking material that will sit on top of the deck (which will surround the hot tub). I'd like the light strip mounted on the under side of it, pointed down at 45 degrees pointing away from it, but towards the ground.. nice indirect light.
So I need to find the precise light strip that I will use and the mounting hardware that is required for both.
What would you suggest?
So im looking for or to make deckbox/cover i guess that'll hold 60-75 dragonshield sleeved cards.
Think a pocket spellbook, best case scenario it'll be a clasp shut hardcover book without the pages using the two sides to clamp the deck in between without having to cover the 3 exposed sides.
Does anything like this exist on the market or am i down to custom order or do it yourself? Im not a big fan of the large wooden boxes with a cover to look like a spellbook, I find the look is ruined as soon as you open it and sadly thats all I could find
