Tips to maintain your Outdoor Decking?

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Tips to maintain your Outdoor Decking?
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Tips to maintain your Outdoor Decking?
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• Outdoor decks are responsive to damage since they
  are exposed to open air and to diverse weather.
  But with proper carrying, your deck will last
  longer and serve its purpose effectively. Here
  are some techniques to maintain your wooden
  decking and have the best out of it.

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• Choice to create an elegant look to your home.
• Understand Your Timber
• Knowing more about your material will guide you
  in achieving a long-lasting result. Below are
  some of the things that you need to know and
  remember about timber.
• Compared to softwood, hardwood doesn't absorb
  much oil which leads to a lesser intense finish.

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• Prepare Your Timber
• There are different kinds of timber and each has
  its own unique quality that needs specific
  process of maintenance.
• Pressure-impregnated Pine. When delivered, wood
  pine contains high moisture and they need to be
  left dried for 204 months prior to oiling.
  Weather the timber for two weeks and sand prior
  to coating.

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• Apply the Oil
• Clean timber and let it dry. Here's a
  step-by-step direction in applying oil.
• 1. Stir the oil properly and with a roller or
  sponge spread the oil.
• 2. Use a lint-free cloth to remove excess oil.
• 3. Continue applying oil until done.
• 4. Let it dry for a day without load.

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• When the deck got wet with water within the day
  after oiling, another oil coating is ideal. Also
  if you observed light spots on the deck after it
  has dried, second coating is also needed to
  saturate it thoroughly. Mainly Deck flooring
  required a proper maintenance to make your
  flooring loan lasting for few decades.

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• Periodic Maintenance
• Suitable interval of maintenance can be once a
  year. Decking should be checked for decayed wood,
  dry spots, and oil maintenance.
• 1. Decking should be cleaned properly with
  alkaline cleaner. Let it dry.
• 2. Use a short-haired roller or other applicator
  to apply oil. Make it a thin coating.
• 2. Use a lint-free cloth to remove excess oil.
• 3. Let it dry for a day without load.

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• Regular Maintenance
• Regular maintenance Outdoor Composite Decking
  requires sweeping of the deck, removal of
  thickened dirt through scrubbing with cleaner
  which is slightly alkaline and then washing away
  sobs with garden hose. With a special cleaner,
  furniture can also be renewed to its former
  beauty. Just spray the cleaner and then wipe.