How to protect your deck with Accent

Ensure you have the correct Equipment

You will need: 

• clean outdoor scrubbing brush
• bucket
• hose
• paint can opener
• paint brush
• wide, flat stirrer
• Accent Exterior Decking Oil Applicator
• Accent Deck Cleaner
• Accent Decking Oil
• mineral turpentine for cleaning

1. Setup

Remove everything from the deck: furniture, animals, plants, shoes and so forth, to ensure the space is clear. Give the surface a good sweep and cover any nearby grass, plants, glass, painted areas or render with a tarp. (Alternatively, if you don’t have a tarp, you can hose areas down before and after the process to help with keeping them clear of cleaning solution). Then, hose down the entire decking surface.

2: Clean

A new, bare deck will need to weather for six weeks to make sure tannins and natural oils have leeched. If your decking was previously oiled, stained or painted with a product other than Accent Decking Oil, Oil Based, you will need to sand it back to the bare timber before cleaning. Otherwise, dilute the Accent Deck Cleaner with one part solution to four parts water. Using the outdoor scrubbing brush and solution, give the decking a good clean to remove any dirt and tannin stains to prepare the area for oiling. Leave the cleaning solution on the deck for 10 to 15 minutes to ensure the most effective clean. Then rinse off the area with a hose.

3: Cut in

Stir the Accent Decking Oil with the stirrer in a circular and uplifting motion. You should do this regularly throughout the process to keep the oil mixture consistent. Cut in around the edges of the deck and any other hard to reach places with the oil and a brush.