How to stain new treated Pine decking?

[daveom]

 

 

I recently purchased some new treated pine decking from Bunnings. I have noticed that half the batch is a white colour and half a green colour. I also purchased a Feast and Watson stain Swan River Jarrah. I tested the stain I both board colours and they are completely different. My question is, will the green coloured board eventually turn the same colour as the white coloured board so I can get some consistency with the stain colouring. 

[EricL]

Hello @daveom

I'm sure my colleague @MitchellMc will be pleased to know that you've received the replacement decking panels. Please make sure to post a photo of your deck once it's complete. I'm sure our members will be keen to see it once you've oiled/stained your deck.

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric

[daveom]

Hi Eric, a couple of images of the completed deck. Decking and oil based stain from Bunnings. Feast and Watson Swan River Jarrah. 

 

 

[Jason]

Looks brilliant. Congratulations on a great result @daveom.

Jason

[EricL]

Hi @daveom 

Thank you very much for posting those beautiful photos of your finished decking project. The Swan Jarrah River stain worked so well with the pine panels. You're curving flowing cut along the side of the pool is really impressive. Would it be possible for you to share how you accomplished such a flawless pattern cut on your decking panels? Any other information you can share about the build would be highly appreciated.

We look forward to seeing your next project.

Eric

[daveom]

Thanks Jason.  Much Appreciated

[daveom]

Thanks Eric for those kind words. I regards to the cuts around the pool. Most of them were pretty straight angle cuts. there were a couple of tricky ones which i will admit required a couple of attempts.  I just carefully measured the angles i needed to cut and cut those angles with my jigsaw.  I was really impressed with the colour of the Swan River Jarrah.  My wife and I tried a lot of sample pots before settling on the Jarrah. The deck is screwed down with stainless steel 50mm screws. We are very happy with the result. Thanks again to all the Bunnings staff who assisted me through the process.

[MitchellMc]

Hi @daveom,

I'm really pleased to see this magnificent project completed. You've done an amazing job!

Many thanks for your patience while we resolved the decking issue.

I'll be looking forward to the next project you share.

Mitchell

[daveom]

Thanks Mitchell and again thanks for all your help. 

[tashieG]

Hi there

I’m interested in this and the outcome? We’ve similarly ordered and received treated pine decking and have attempted to stain it because a number of the planks are green. We’ve used Cabot’s water based stain in Beach house grey (one coat) and the planks are still white/pine colour and green so we’re not sure what to do now or how to not have green planks?!

[EricL]

Hello @tashieG 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about your pine decking.

Have you seasoned your pine decking or have you applied any of the decking cleaner and prep such as Cabot's 2L New Timber Prep. If your decking timber has not been prepared or seasoned properly, any coating placed on top will either not be effective or will fail to penetrate the timber panel.

Seasoning also known as weathering is when your timber decking has been left out in the weather for around 6 to 12 weeks uncoated. This allows the tannins and trapped oils in the timber to drain out and allow the timber surface to dry off. You then apply the prep cleaner to the surface and wait for your deck to dry off, then you can start staining the surface.

Allow me to give Cabot's a call regarding your situation, technically the stain has to be washed or removed somehow to allow the timber decking to breath and weather naturally. As soon as we have more information on what steps to take, we'll get back to you.

Thank you for your patience. 

Eric