"Jay Chan" wrote in message
You are right. The oil will penetrate into the wood. More
importantly, the annual maintenance is as simply as washing with soap
and water, waiting for the wood deck to dry, and then applying the
same oil finish over the wood deck (that is according to Penofin Oil
Finish web site).

I can also apply solid stain over existing solid stain finish (this is
based on what the customer support of Flood Deck Finish said). But I
will have to sand to feather the edge where the stain has peeled off.
This is in addition to wash and dry the surface first before sanding.
Seem like a lot of work.


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Use the Penofin. Great stuff. Avoid the solid stain. You won't get a full
season and it will start to peel on the horizontal surfaces.