A guy I know who does decks (He likes big decks) ......................work on big decks before and the owners looked very satisfied when he was done.
I see what you did there.
Why do I hear Sir Mix-A-Lot whenever I say this?
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Why do I hear Sir Mix-A-Lot whenever I say this?
JHolmes763
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A guy I know who does decks (He likes big decks) ......................work on big decks before and the owners looked very satisfied when he was done.
I see what you did there.
Why do I hear Sir Mix-A-Lot whenever I say this?
lol.. same here. That and a restaurant commercial for a Mexican place I used to hear on the radio. Thick Mexican accent saying "Come on down and sit on our big deck"...
Thanks bud, greatly appreciate it. One last question, for now.When I laid my wood floors in my house I rubbed them down with an Odorless Mineral Spirit (OMS if you want to sound like you're in the chemical biz) and it brought out a richness that lasts to this day. Would this be adviseable for cedar?
You lost me at "Rubbed them down." What were you saying?
I put some OMS on a rag and just wiped the wood down with it. Petroleum distillates are readily absorbed into wood and it left the wood with a deep, rich color. I then applied four coats of polyeurothane. I was wondering if the OMS would do the same to the decking. I would assume the oil-based sealant would have some sort of mineral spirit in it to act as a delivery system so maybe it would be overkill? Have sealants gotten any better, i.e. do they last longer?
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Thanks bud, greatly appreciate it. One last question, for now.
You lost me at "Rubbed them down." What were you saying?
I put some OMS on a rag and just wiped the wood down with it. Petroleum distillates are readily absorbed into wood and it left the wood with a deep, rich color. I then applied four coats of polyeurothane. I was wondering if the OMS would do the same to the decking. I would assume the oil-based sealant would have some sort of mineral spirit in it to act as a delivery system so maybe it would be overkill? Have sealants gotten any better, i.e. do they last longer?
The more you bring this up, the more I want to know what it really is. I don't want to look it up though. So I will assume it is high boiling point hydrocarbons and not Pet Ether.
After reading all of this and you guys hinting at it, I had to go back and watch this skit. So linked for your pleasure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7Ue5emo6I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7Ue5emo6I
I put some OMS on a rag and just wiped the wood down with it. Petroleum distillates are readily absorbed into wood and it left the wood with a deep, rich color. I then applied four coats of polyeurothane. I was wondering if the OMS would do the same to the decking. I would assume the oil-based sealant would have some sort of mineral spirit in it to act as a delivery system so maybe it would be overkill? Have sealants gotten any better, i.e. do they last longer?
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The more you bring this up, the more I want to know what it really is. I don't want to look it up though. So I will assume it is high boiling point hydrocarbons and not Pet Ether.
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It's a hydrotreated naphtha. It's just been more highly refined than a traditional Stoddard solvent so it doesn't stink as bad. We sell several different versions of Mineral Spirits. We do sell a pet ether but that stuff evaporates so quickly I wouldn't have a chance to wipe it into the wood, especially on a warm day. We sell quite a bit of a Rule 66 version to a company that makes wood windows. They use it as a delivery solvent for their insecticide. I think the traditional Stoddard solvent flashes around 100* or so and we also sell one that flashes above 140*. The others flash off somewhere in between.