all right folks welcome back to
brazilian wood depot’s youtube channel
my name is sam and i go over everything
regarding brazilian hardwood
decking siding and flooring i’m really
excited to bring out this updated
video of ipe deck maintenance of course
it’s going to be relevant to all
you may remember about a year ago or so
i put out a ipe deck maintenance video
that video is still great but we’ve got
some new products mesmer’s changed their
product line a little bit we got rid of
this is going to be the star of the show
today the part a and b powder
concentrate formula i’m going to go over
what it’s all about how to use it but
all right so like i said i’ve already
put out one epedec maintenance video and
that video is still good you can still
but i’m going to kind of go over some of
the same things that i went over in that
but with a slight change one of the
products is no longer being made it may
come back to market at some point but
anyways we may not carry it because i
like this one so much better
so the way i’d like to get started is to
different deck conditions and go through
fairly standard for those deck
conditions so the first condition
is you just got a new deck i mean it was
just finished built and the contractor
left it doesn’t have any oil
so your question to me or a common
question from customers is
do i need to clean it before i oil it
that’s really going to be largely up to
discretion i mean if it’s dirty
if it’s got work boot footprints on it
then yes i remem i recommend probably
cleaning it with some light detergent
something that you can find at home
depot i think there’s one called bare
all-purpose wood cleaner oh my gosh i’m
gonna have to stop this and we’ll be
all right so uh yeah dirty footprints
deck a brand new build um
you could probably use something a
simple wood detergent bare all-purpose
wood cleaner i’ll put an image over here
uh but i think it’s called all-purpose
that’s fine it’s a it’s a light
detergent you probably don’t even need
you can probably use a push broom um
your perhaps yours is on a pole mine
you could use a push broom and some
water and just knock it off that’s
let it dry then use the oil i’ve talked
about this before there’s some products
that you can use outside of this
but not many most of them would be the
incorrect product we think
mesmer’s uv plus is the best so if it’s
just get the dirt off i mean you
probably don’t even need soap just go
to the oil uv plus and make sure you
follow my guidelines that are on our
don’t put it on too thick follow the
temperature ranges that you should be
and never leave a rag in an empty can it
all right the next deck condition i
i’m going to go over is the standard
so this deck might be two three four
and maybe it’s been cleaned a couple
times here and there but it’s a standard
dirty deck it’s got dirt in it but it’s
let’s say 15 or 20 years but it’s dirty
it needs to be cleaned so
before i think i probably said to use
that mesmer’s liquid cleaner
i think it’s called liquid brightening
renewer anyways it’s a green liquid jug
they don’t have that anymore i heard
some speculation that maybe they stopped
making that at the beginning of covid
because of the run on sanitizer
hand sanitizer they needed the alcohol
for the formula i really am not sure
exactly maybe that’s it maybe not
but in any case as soon as they stopped
they had these available and i was a
because i know that granule granules are
a little bit harder to mix with water
sometimes it requires warm water to do
i’m super super thrilled about this
product yes it’s a part a
and then a part b to be used separately
in other words you’ll mix one with water
and then you’ll mix the other one with
water after you’re done with the first
this is a it’s got the white cap b it
cap i am very very pleased about that
and i’m excited to show you
what i did to the table that i’m
standing next to uh it was in
just horrendous condition it’s sitting
getting all sorts of dirt on it because
in our parking lot really and it gets
all sorts of dirt on it and my dad said
no you won’t be able to clean this and i
kind of took that as a challenge so i’m
really excited to show you that video in
standard dirty deck this is a fabulous
fabulous product we carry it i’m sure
you can get it some other places
but i believe each jar is supposed to do
600 square feet approximately
on its own but of course i really think
you should be using them together
i don’t want to go into too too great a
detail because the labels on these are
exactly correct i don’t think it really
explanation but if you go to mesmer’s
website you can see the the directions
it’s pretty simple all right so i guess
of a debt condition that i want to
almost dilapidated that’s not the right
seriously forgotten about for many many
and really i think that’s the condition
this thing was in i i really don’t see
any condition of a deck getting worse
so again i mean it’s really the same
process i’m going to recommend doing the
and then going to the b the only
difference with a deck that’s
really really neglected that was the
word i was looking for neglected
um is perhaps you have a a palm sander
maybe even a belt sander but i really
caution you against going too hard on
i really kind of caution against using
but there might be a reason to be using
it but a palm sander with 60 or 80 grit
will help you get some of those areas
that the scrubbing just wasn’t quite as
i didn’t even do it on this deck because
table rather i was so impressed about
um part a and b did that i can see some
areas over there that you can’t see from
that if i think that if i took a 60 or
a little palm sander like a ryobi i
really think i could have knocked some
and made this just that much better but
i didn’t take the steps to do that in
uh old old dilapidated neglected deck
part a just like the label says then
part b just like the label says
and then the oil basically just like the
make sure again keep it really thin coat
and before you do the oil check and see
if there’s some spots you can take a
and see what results you get again
caution against the belt sander
yes you can use it but be careful don’t
go too hard on it i don’t want you to
indents in the deck because you just
went too crazy with the belt sander i
really think you should start with the
palm sander at 60 or 80 grit
and see where you’re at you’ll probably
be pretty happy with that after using
these two and the palm sander
and then go straight to the oil okay i
think i’ve gone over everything it’s a
much shorter video than last time
uh just because i think these two uh
one and two products go together so well
and they work so well there’s just not a
so i’m gonna cut over to me cleaning
this and i’ll do some voice over with
that and kind of explain what i’m doing
uh and then i guess we’ll do the oil
so uh yeah here we go and just take a
second to look at the condition of this
is this dirty as a deck gets you can’t
even really tell what species it is
uh turns out it is uh garappa of course
you wouldn’t be able to tell by looking
and what i’ve got here is the part a of
of the powders mixed in with some warm
and i’m just spraying it down just like
the label says get it nice and wet
leave it wet for a couple minutes
keeping it wet and then start scrubbing
so i’ve got this blue scrubber
i give this white one a shot here but no
so back to the blue one i i think if
you’re on a deck that’s not this bad you
could probably use a push broom
uh with some stiff bristles and probably
get some pretty good results from it
uh this one uh obviously i can’t use a
push broom because i’m not really stan
can’t really stand on it but uh
get better leverage too with the with a
immediately you can start seeing that
this is really doing a good job of
and then just rinse and repeat
try to keep it wet it’s a good thing to
do this a good time to do it is when the
not all the way out maybe there’s some
overcast because it’s easier to keep the
i mean if it’s a real hot day with
bright sun it’s going to keep drying it
up and then you have to use more of the
more of the formula but it’s a little
and this is the hardest part just
scrubbing it the oiling is easy
the part b obviously is easier just
spraying something on but this is the
hardest part here and it’s really
not that hard so rinse again
directions say to rinse off
rinse off part a after you’re done
so i’ll do exactly that i’m just going
mix that just like you did the first
time in the sprayer and look at that
immediately as the part b touches it it
by the time this is over it will be
really really nice looking
really impressed with the part b
and then i think you’re supposed to
rinse that off too which which i did
and as you can see this looks like a
whole new different table i’ve put the
original picture of it how before it uh
how it looked before i started cleaning
it in the corner there so you can see
the difference and it’s just amazing
i didn’t work on this very long in fact
it didn’t take me long at all
i could have done some sanding in some
areas like at the ends of these boards
so it’s not perfect but it is pretty
so in a minute here i’m going to oil
i just wanted you to take a look at it
before i put the oil on and really look
at the difference between what it looks
and what it looked like before i cleaned
all right so once the decking boards
were completely dry and now it’s time
for the oil so as you see i’m just using
and mesmer’s uv plus natural which of
course is what we recommend um
i’m using a cotton t-shirt rag which
works fine uh perhaps it would have been
a little faster with a paintbrush i
think it probably would have but
i didn’t want to get a paintbrush dirty
and i’m not sure that i had one handy so
i just used this cotton t-shirt rag
another couple of good products that are
worth the investment i think if you have
a brazilian hardwood deck
is a a deck a deck boss which you can
find on amazon it’s a basically a
extra big paint brush head on the end of
i think the deck boss does a little
better getting into the cracks
either way it’s really really easy it’s
and again make sure you’re not putting
it on too heavy and follow those
instructions that are on our website
alright folks just finished with the
am i impressed i really am i impressed
mainly i’m impressed with the mesmer’s a
and b cleaning product i knew the oil
but that cleaning product just really
blows me away so that’s it for this
thanks for watching stay tuned i have
more coming up i’m gonna grab the camera
and do one quick overview again
by no means is this perfect it wasn’t
meant to be perfect frankly
i can’t i can’t really believe it worked
let me pick up the camera and we’ll do
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