We Picked Teak

The last update we had on the deck was, well, awesome.  I mean, did you see it?

Well, now it is even better.  We got the deck board stained.  Initially we were going to go with Rustoleum 4x Deck Cover, however, after carefully reading reviews, and getting pointers from anyone who wanted to give them, we determined that this product would be awesome if we lived in a warm, dry place, free from snow, rain, freezing cold temperatures, wind, dogs and people in general.  We spent all of this time on this deck, and it would be a bummer if the paint was peeling up after one Minnesota winter.  Not the risk we were willing to take.

We headed off to Menards to check out prices on stain and left with stain in hand.  Yes!  We did have to head over to the competition store (Home Depot) to pick up a lambs wool applicator brush for the deck.  **Menard's does not carry this product, so hopefully that will save you some time looking.

For the color, we picked teak.  Cabot Honey Teak to be exact.  We used an oil base instead of a solid or semi-transparent stain.  We really love the look of natural wood.  Not this painted on wood color stain sh*t that the previous owners left us to manhandle.

So, what better time to stain a deck then 8:00 at night?

Shane got the debris out of every nook and cranny using his trusty air compressor.

The first bit of the oil was added.  Major nail biting type of situation here.  We weren't sure how the color was going to turn out on our wood, and after the first application, it was looking mighty dark.  Eeek.

But we kept on keeping on...

As far as product used, we pretty much finished the whole gallon of stain.  Our deck is roughly 176 sq. feet.

We got done around 11:00 or so, we followed the instructions to a T, and made sure no one was walking on it for 48 horas.  We left the deck that night thinking our color choice was a lot darker than we would have liked...

It was like Christmas morning the next day.  Both me and Shane shot out of bed (not really... more like a slow, cumbersome drag) and checked out the deck.  Let's just say it looked a bit different than when we left it the night before...

...and boy, did it look awesome!