yellow balau decking

Hi. This is a great forum. It's answered most of my questions about our deck. The is one I have left to find out about. We are putting 50sq mt of kiln dried yellow balau down as decking. It has been delivered in plastic wrapping & hasn't been wet. Can we prepare & oil it on all 4 edges before we put it down or will it still do the leaching thing? Thanks for any replies. Robbie

Sure you can.

I lay mine out on a big tarp in the shed and gave it a couple of coats. If you oil it before you put it down, it will be much easier to clean before you do the final coats after it's down.

Thanks Jan
Robbie