In my everlasting quest for the perfect finish for exotics I'm going new again. I do some due diligence in testing but its hard to get a certain idea how something will hold up with a 4x4 area. Sooooo...
I listened to John and Al about TWP. The job is a large 1800 sq ft cumaru deck that another guy hacked up and I was asked to make look good. Sanded down to 100 grit and now finishing with TWP 100 series and so far very pleased. Penetration is near zilch but not needed with south Americans, the finish is beautiful and relatively easy to work. Dry's quick and seems sticky but but if overlapped quickly and smooth it really brings out the grain.
This particular deck has a lot of 1/4 sawn and it makes it stand out like it should appearing figured. John recommended 2 part dark oak 1 part cedar but they wanted lighter so I went 4 parts cedar to 3 parts dark oak. I've got about 800 ft left to do tomorrow and will take some pictures. I'm a little worried about flaking but other than that so far I really like the look.
I listened to John and Al about TWP. The job is a large 1800 sq ft cumaru deck that another guy hacked up and I was asked to make look good. Sanded down to 100 grit and now finishing with TWP 100 series and so far very pleased. Penetration is near zilch but not needed with south Americans, the finish is beautiful and relatively easy to work. Dry's quick and seems sticky but but if overlapped quickly and smooth it really brings out the grain.
This particular deck has a lot of 1/4 sawn and it makes it stand out like it should appearing figured. John recommended 2 part dark oak 1 part cedar but they wanted lighter so I went 4 parts cedar to 3 parts dark oak. I've got about 800 ft left to do tomorrow and will take some pictures. I'm a little worried about flaking but other than that so far I really like the look.