Treating your Wood or Deck with transparent "tinted" Deck Stains will create a UV absorber, filtering out the damaging sunlight and preserving the natural color tones.
Armstrong-Clark Stains were designed to achieve the highest quality in exterior wood and deck preservation. Unparalleled in durability and beauty, Armstrong Clark Wood Deck Stains will preserve, protect, and enhance all unfinished exterior wood. Environmentally Friendly Oil-Based Wood Finishes, 68% of the ingredients used are from renewable, recycled materials and all Armstrong Clark stains are VOC compliant in the 50 states.
Cedar shake roofs are beautiful higher end roofs. These roofs cater to the higher end client that prefer the natural look of wood and the dimensional effect that the shake shingles display. The problem is maintenance can be very costly and dangerous.
How to properly and efficiently stain a 500 foot deck in under 2 hours! It is best to apply a transparent wood or deck stain with a stain pad or by low pressure spraying followed by a stain pad to ensure an even application. This is an example as to how you could stain a 500 square foot deck with railings in 2 hours.
California and other low VOC states have been restricted to water-based concrete and brick paver sealers in the past. Finally there is a solvent based sealer that can legally used and sold in these states!
Composite Decks have been saturating the market for many years now. The common belief is that composite wood is maintenance free. This is far from the truth. Periodic cleaning and now staining is needed to keep them looking good.
There is now a new sealer on the market for wood and decks that is completely unique. This new product is a one time application that will petrify your exterior wood, PERMANETLY!
What does the future hold for Nano-Technology and Wood Deck Stains or Sealers? How about finally having a "crystal" clear coating that can filter out UV rays for years or a tinted wood stain that can retain color twice as long!
In the past there has never been a permanent solution to your cement and concrete issues. Thanks to advancements in technology there now is a permanent concrete water sealer for all types of concrete and cement. As Permanent as the Pyramids!
MPI (Master Painters Institute) had a vision for a architectural coating industry that produces paints and coatings with balanced performance, safely and appropriately. In the past wood and deck coatings weren't always environmentally friendly! Oil Based stains can contain both organic and inorganic compounds or materials, some of which may impact our environment by releasing solvents into the ozone layer through their life cycle.
Now there are MPI Green Certified Wood Deck Stains on the market that embrace this vision!
Since 2005 there has been many changes with many states adopting new 250 VOC architectural coatings regulations. As it stands there are 15 states across the country with these regulations and another 8-10 states looking to adopt around 2009. What does this mean for exterior Wood and Deck Coatings?
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