New Tigerwood Deck -- Boards With Fuzz, Green-yellow Tint?

andywocky

Ok, I'm going to help you since you're so polite.

First, regarding your reading comprehension disorder: it very clearly states in the initial post that the fuzz was discussed with the contractor during construction. Read the posts, buddy!

Second, please don't rely on your limited experience with deck projects, or your clearly superlative customer relationship skills to judge whether "excessive fuzz" is a real concern or not. It was on this deck. That's a given, that's what I'm telling you. What's not clear is how common the problem is, how significantly correlated excess fuzz is to tigerwood material, or what the proper resolutions are. The considerate, respectable pros here and elsewhere have weighed in, and I appreciate it.

Thirdly, I'm in the electrical trade, and I happen to be doing decks. Regardless of my professional credentialing, affiliation, or expertise it never hurts to solicit additional expert opinion on new situations one encounters. In fact, I would argue that the capacity to maturely respect and consider other points-of-view, refraining from unnecessary judgements, is one hallmark of a true professional.

Hope your customers don't hear your snickers, and that your amazement at people never dwindles. Best of luck in your quest to become a true professional!

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woodtradesman

Your jumping the gun, excesssive fuzz is possible in just about every species of wood. the cause is very likely shoddy quality control at the milling plant or insufficient procedures.

It is quite possible that the planks were dimensionally planed with a conventional planer which can and does produce irregularaties in just about any kind of wood or the raw lumber was just to moist to properly process. I have read reports on how this and other surface problem first creeped up when magaris became popular and the brazilian mills countered by employing some special german built planer with moving blades/knives configured in some sort of Caterpillar track system which supposedly keeps those irregularities to a minimum.

Andy I don't know if this is practical for your particular situation but can you try sanding the fuzz of with 80 to 120 grit sand paper.

andywocky

Yeah, I just found a piece of scrap that has the same fuzz on it. I'll try sanding it....

DecksEtc

Nice attitude coming from someone looking for free help from a whole bunch of experts.

Run along now, you've officially worn out your welcome

John Hyatt

Wait a Sec,,,excess Fuzz..... that really got my attention....intersting way of putting it.

Hmmmmmmmm...we should start with raising the grain 101. Say you were working with Red Oak on a table top its all out of the clamps,installed,and ready for finish we are of course puting on a hand rubbed finish soooooooooo its water,sand,water sand, watersand and water sand this knocks off the raised grain so a person can rub the finish on to a Glass finish using Watco or the like,after a while.

But we are talking OutSide finish here you say!!! same deal. Its got nothing to do with the way the S American lumber was milled,or moisture content,or deck pawn dumb ass stuff, or...... well must I go on?? Sometimes the grain raises by its own Self for a lot of reasons same thing with any hardwood.

We call them Whiskers, ipe/tiger wood/masenramduba they all will do this if they take a mind to. And they are a little sharp if you run your hand,or any privet parts,over them.
But are They Excess???? No Class they are not They are just a result , Any WoodWorker would see this reaction and Say" O Man the dammm grain raised now I have to sand the thing!!! " There is Nothing Excess about it just normal woodworking with S American Lumber.

The John Mon wants to remind the Class that I have not got a check from several of you slackers!! Show Me The Money or its kick to the curb with you Frog Faces!!!

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Tinstaafl

Okay, I've been watching this for long enough, I guess. Mister Andy, your presence here so far has been nothing but Wocky.

Have you done anything at all to establish yourself here as a professional contractor? No.
Have you contributed any professional expertise to any of the myriad technical threads here? No.
Have you even joined in with any of the off-duty jocularity some of us indulge in at times? No.
Have you contributed any on-the-job war stories? No.
Have you done anything but whine about the deck your contractor built for you? No.

Have you presented yourself as nothing but a homeowner seeking free advice from professionals? YES.

Please go away now.

andywocky

Thank you for recognizing the positive attitude-- I wasn't sure you would get it. But I'm glad you did!

TopFloor

Just brutal.

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slowsol

Reminds me of the best HO complaint I ever heard. Was working for a contractor and was picking up tools in the shop. He comes out of the office all pissed.

Me: What's wrong?
Him: I just got a call from (Insert HO Name). Apparently he complained to James (carpenter on the job) that he didn't like how all the deck boards were different colors.
Me: lol and what did James say? (knowing it would be hilarious)
Him: James told him to call me and ask if I had found that identical forest I was looking for.
Me:

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We'll have to grab a longer board. I forgot to put the wood stretcher in the truck today.

nj handyman

the guy is an electrical engineer and not a homeowner. seems to me he should be welcomed here. as far as I can tell he is legitimate and certainly expresses himself well.

regarding the "fuzz." - i learned something here, especially the suggestion to let the ho pick and choose the lumber. nine out ten times they will say it's fine which covers your tail.

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