Deck

This past weekend I worked on the cedar deck that was installed last fall. To clean the deck I used OxiClean. To seale the deck I discovered a product, from Hirschfields, called Soy Guard which is made from soybeans and is non-toxin.

I had some reservations in regards to cleaning the deck after going to HomeDepot and was told to use products that wanted/required me to cover plants, grass and anything organic. Yikes! This was not good as Theresa's veggie garden is next to the deck. I did some research and ran into something called oxygen bleach as a safe alternative to cleaning the deck. By coincidence I learned that OxiClean is a type of oxygen bleach and I has already had some. Oxiclean is a blend of sodium percarbonate and natural sodium carbonate and does not harm grass or plants. Yes! From start to finish the whole project took close to 15+ hours of work over 3 days...

Here are a few before and after photos:

Before seal was applied to deck board

After seale is applied...