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    Im about to finish my undercover decks and am thinking about what to finish them with. I like the look and price of oil but not real keen on having to maintain them every 6 months. So I was thinking about using sikkens problem being the cost and the inability of anyone to give me some expectations of how long this will last b4 I have to reapply it. Ive also heard that to reapply sikkens you have to sand it back while with reapplying oil all you have to do is wash it. any thoughts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by roy View Post
    Im about to finish my undercover decks and am thinking about what to finish them with. I like the look and price of oil but not real keen on having to maintain them every 6 months. So I was thinking about using sikkens problem being the cost and the inability of anyone to give me some expectations of how long this will last b4 I have to reapply it. Ive also heard that to reapply sikkens you have to sand it back while with reapplying oil all you have to do is wash it. any thoughts?
    If you're talking about Sikkens "HLS", (i.e: 3 coats thereof, which I think is
    the Sikkens-recommended approach), I can tell you a little bit...

    I embarked on a test of handrail finishes a year ago, using 3 coats of Sikkens
    HLS plus 3 coats of Sikkens Filter-7 - and left it outside. Almost a year later, the
    timber looks pretty bad, and I decided not to use Sikkens (or indeed any
    single-pack finish for my handrail).

    Translating this experience to your deck (which you said is covered), I
    seriously doubt that 3 coats of HLS would really be much better than oil.

    The word these days seems to favor the acryllic "Spa-n-Deck" product by
    Flood. My deck has Feast-Watson oil, and now I *really* wish I had used
    Spa-n-Deck.

    Hope this helps.

    - strangerep.

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