Why is it crap? In the real world, there are products like this that do well given the circumstances.
You sound unrealistic to me. There's a real world of professional painting going on out there. You might not be in that world, but it exists. Not every homeowner wants their deck ripped up at a cost of thousands to smooth out and fill in a weathered and splintering deck.
You make a great point.
As I've said, I've used Flood on a deck before. I didn't build the deck but it was extremely intricate, cedar with tons of custom work. Plus, it was a roof top deck in S.Philly where the streets are incredibly narrow and there's basically no parking. Very high end area.
Rebuilding this deck would've cost a small fortune. While the HOs had it, they definitely didn't want to go that route while the only thing wrong was the finish.
Saying no, to restaining their deck would basically be turning down a few thousand dollars. I'm not the successful just yet and need that money.
I stained it with Flood after doing a lot of research pertaining to my particular situation. The deck came out great - too great. I haven't been back to restain yet. I told her the stain may not last because I couldn't strip the deck down to bare wood and was going over a previous finish. She said ok and understood. She asked if I was willing to restain at the start of every spring. I sure was. That was about four yrs ago. No issues. Still looks great. The high traffic areas are showing some slight wear, but that's it.
