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I am building a large deck on my house. The structureal members, including things that show prominently such as the band joist and posts are pressure-treated southern yellow pine. The decking and railings are mahogany.
My plan is to finish the mahogany with a semi-transparent stain, a nice reddish color. The posts and band joist (the PT stuff) will be finished to match the trim of my house, Navajo White. I think I would like to use a solid color stain for that.
My wife wants to pitch in and finish what she can as I go along with the construction. So, can we finish the pressure treated now or do we have to wait for it to season? Also, what’s the best progression? primer plus one coat of stain, two coats no primer? What kind of primer would be best for PT?
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We've had very good luck on PT porches and decks with waiting a few months to "season" or dry out the PT, and then using Sherwin William products. A coat of Exterior PrepRite and two coats of A100 paint do very well. I've got applications out there with a lot of exposure and they've lasted for years.
*The folks at the local Ace are saying that if we use the Cabot primer they carry aand follow it up with a Cabot solid color stain that we can go over new PT. The Cabot brochure says the same.I am skeptical. Anyone got any opinions?
*Ask to see an example of it succeeding that way
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I am building a large deck on my house. The structureal members, including things that show prominently such as the band joist and posts are pressure-treated southern yellow pine. The decking and railings are mahogany.
My plan is to finish the mahogany with a semi-transparent stain, a nice reddish color. The posts and band joist (the PT stuff) will be finished to match the trim of my house, Navajo White. I think I would like to use a solid color stain for that.
My wife wants to pitch in and finish what she can as I go along with the construction. So, can we finish the pressure treated now or do we have to wait for it to season? Also, what's the best progression? primer plus one coat of stain, two coats no primer? What kind of primer would be best for PT?