Monday, 5 May 2014

The Deck

 Savvy is showing off her new suit from the lovely Zoe and Eva. We're also featuring the "before" pic of the deck. A dark grey paint that was chipping and holding dirt like Mac's face.
We thought: shall we give it a fresh lick of paint?
Then we watched a video of a man who in less than 60 seconds covered his deck with a magical stripper. After a 20 min wait, he then spent another 60 seconds effortlessly power washing said deck and presto- the deck was a glorious bare wood. We thought, let's pass on the paint and go back to wood.

Well, a couple hundred dollars and 2 days of labour later, with absolutely no progress on the deck...we realised we were suckers.

Thankfully, no challenge is too big for megadob.
He persisted with the project and two hires of a sander, a sunburned back, sore knees and a small extra fortune later, we have the below!
The deck is still to be stained. After four days of sun, we are now set for four days of rain.
But when it's finally ready, we'll be the first ones out there lying in the sun.

ps - I think Glen needs to be cut off from his power washer. He can't put it down as he hunts for things to wash.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, very posh :)

Nonno said...

Right next job is Nonno's decking


I have the same problem, suggest no paint, maybe just a deck oil.

Nonno said...

Like the union flag Sav.