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. 

[MitchellMc]

Hi @tashieG,

Sorry, to hear you've experienced an issue with staining your deck. 

Treated Pine decking can be quite green in colour due to the treatment. As my colleague @EricL has mentioned, you'll need to let it naturally weather in order for the green tint to diminish. At this stage, it would be best to scrub the deck down with Cabot's 2L New Timber Prep to remove as much of the stain as possible. Once removed, you can let the deck weather for around 12 weeks before re-coating. By that stage, the green tinge should have reduced significantly, allowing the stain to be more effective.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell

[tashieG]

Thanks @EricL and @MitchellMc

We didn’t weather it first because our research said that only treated pine that hasn’t been kiln dried needs to be left to dry, but otherwise it can be stained immediately. As Bunnings website says what we ordered had been kiln dried we assumed we were ok to proceed with our project. 

Oh well. We will see what we can do. 

[EricL]

Hello @tashieG 

Please keep us updated with your progress, we look forward to seeing your deck properly stained and ready for use.

Eric