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[ALL-BRITE]

Hey Guys one quick question.
How many coats of Ready Seal are you applying?
We have been applying 2 coats . Chris Detter recommends
3 coats. I was just wondering if any out there is getting away with only applying 1 coat?

Also we use a moisture meter to check moisture contenton all our decks . It has saved our behind more than once. One side of a deck read 12 and around a darken corner away from the sun light it read 27.
We also document the reading on our work order just in case the customer has a problem with premature failure. Our meter was about $150.
Just my 2 cents worth Talk to ya all later Tim

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Tim Highfield
ALL-BRITE POWERWASHING

 

[Mike Hughes]

Tim,

There is no getting away with one coat if you are spraying the deck........if you were doing it by brush or roller, yes....one coat is something you could do......but, when you are spraying it, it will work much better on the horizontals if you give it two or three light coats.........lets it soak in better......and ensures that the job will last. If you gave it one coat with a sprayer, I think it would fade prematurely


Who did you get your moisture meter from?



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Mike Hughes
Everclear
Souderton, PA

 

[TLeClair]

Hi everyone. I thought some of the ideas were worth a try and figured to add a few myself.
If it is a huge deck I usually use an airless, but normally I use a pump up sprayer. There are times when it is too windy or other situations that won't allow spraying so I brush. When I brush I use one of them big soft car wash brushes. If it is good and soft it works well at getting in all the nooks and crannies around the spindles etc.... and it is fast.
As far as protecting the house when spraying lots of times I will hang one or more of them cheap blue tarps from the gutter, or a siding edge or the lip of a door, shutter or ??????? whatever you can find. I use those springs clamps and can almost always find something to attach to. Then I use them thin wood shims to tuck the bottom of the tarp in between the house and the deck. After spraying everything just take down the tarp, lay it stain side up in the sun with clamps still attached to the corners to keep it from blowing in the wind and it will dry while I quickly back brush the floor and any uneven spots.
The tarp works well because I can wrap it a few feet around the corner of the house to make sure everything is covered.

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[spraymasters]

Hey Guys,
Had to throw my cent in the pot. We also use Ready Seal. Fantastic stuff. Very user friendly. We use a pump up or roller to apply. We use two coats on the horizontal surfaces and one on the vertical. It has worked great for us and the customers so far. We first spray the railings and spindles. Then we put a piece of cardboard up against the siding of the house and run along with the sprayer moving the cardboard as we go. When the cardboard gets soaked we pick it up and put it on the railings for extra coats, which it needs anyway. {we do the same for the railings}
Have found with the Ready Seal the darker colors look the best and last longer.

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Living Life On the Edge Makes Us Dizzy...WE LOVE DIZZY!

Dennis A. Cormier and Gloria A. Wagner
North Georgia Spray Masters, Inc.
spraymasters@hotmail.com

 

[rvagnoni]

Well, It looks like Ready Seal is a favorite amongst most members of this board...Glad to see it!

JR...couldn't have said it better myself!

Ken...great idea with the 1x2 strips on the cardboard!

Mike...you can get a moisture meter at most contractor equipment stores.

Can you smell it boys! Deck season is coming!

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Rick - Deck Care Plus
If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all. -- Michelangelo

 

[Mike Hughes]

Dennis,

Exactly which colors are you using?

Mike