I water sealed the deck

Posted by Paul on October 7, 2007 at 11:20 am.

And then it rained.  The weather forecast was for dry conditions until Tuesday.  I used the Advanced Thompson’s Water Seal.  According to the instructions; “Do not apply if rain is expected within 48 hours.” This has been how things have been going lately.  On the plus side, I did it yesterday afternoon when it was almost 90 degrees.  It has been very dry lately and the wood soaked it right up.  It seemed to dry very rapidly, but still felt a little “slippery” by diner time.  It started to rain at about 8 pm or so.

water puddling on a water sealed deck
I am not sure what the effect of rain on the not yet dry water proofing will be, but it is probably not good.

water puddling on a thompson’s water sealed deck

I suppose the worst case scenario is I will have to re-apply the water seal next year.  Good thing I bought the 3 year formula.

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