Re: Ipe (wood) deck
I was going to help TheTinMan on that job but he toughed it out on his own....maniac....anyway, racerx, I replaced most of my weathered out teak on the boat w/ the ipe and it looks great. I stained it w/ Armada natural satin finish, 4-5 coats. I too am a contractor and most people up here in the northeast are going w/ strictly plastic composite or exotic woods, ipe included. Cherrywoods and mahoganies are popular and some people stay w/ good ol' cedar. Blind nail applications are gaining in popularity as well. Trex is pretty good material but it's been around long enough as to where people think it's old technology like pressure treated or AQC
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