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

brazilian hardwoods

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

the liquid cleaner

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

before we go any further

let’s roll the intro

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all right so like i said i’ve already

put out one epedec maintenance video and

that video is still good you can still

refer to that

but i’m going to kind of go over some of

the same things that i went over in that

video

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

talk about

different deck conditions and go through

what process is

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

all over the place

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

right back

all right so uh yeah dirty footprints

stuff like that on a new

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

wood and deck cleaner

that’s fine it’s a it’s a light

detergent you probably don’t even need

that

you can probably use a push broom um

your perhaps yours is on a pole mine

isn’t

you could use a push broom and some

water and just knock it off that’s

really it

let it dry then use the oil i’ve talked

about this before there’s some products

that you can use outside of this

particular one

but not many most of them would be the

incorrect product we think

mesmer’s uv plus is the best so if it’s

a brand new deck

just get the dirt off i mean you

probably don’t even need soap just go

straight

to the oil uv plus and make sure you

follow my guidelines that are on our

website

don’t put it on too thick follow the

temperature ranges that you should be

putting it on

and never leave a rag in an empty can it

will catch fire

all right the next deck condition i

guess we’ll say

i’m going to go over is the standard

dirty deck

so this deck might be two three four

five years old

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

not been neglected for

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

having that available

they had these available and i was a

little skeptical

because i know that granule granules are

a little bit harder to mix with water

sometimes it requires warm water to do

it but i gotta tell you

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

one

this is a it’s got the white cap b it

has the black

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

here next to our ramp

getting all sorts of dirt on it because

it’s here at the shop

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

a minute but again

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

requires a whole lot of

explanation but if you go to mesmer’s

website you can see the the directions

they have on the website

it’s pretty simple all right so i guess

the last condition

of a debt condition that i want to

briefly go over

would be what i call um

almost dilapidated that’s not the right

word um

seriously forgotten about for many many

years

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

than this

so again i mean it’s really the same

process i’m going to recommend doing the

a

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

handy

maybe even a belt sander but i really

caution you against going too hard on

the belt sander

i really kind of caution against using

it really at all

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

effective at

i didn’t even do it on this deck because

i was on this

table rather i was so impressed about

how the

um part a and b did that i can see some

areas over there that you can’t see from

the camera

that if i think that if i took a 60 or

80 grit orbital sander

a little palm sander like a ryobi i

really think i could have knocked some

of that off

and made this just that much better but

again

i didn’t take the steps to do that in

any case

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

label says

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

palm sander to

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

have any like

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

with this one

one and two products go together so well

and they work so well there’s just not a

whole lot to say

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

intake of this table

so uh yeah here we go and just take a

second to look at the condition of this

i mean 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

at it yet

and what i’ve got here is the part a of

the um

of the powders mixed in with some warm

water

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

that one doesn’t work

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

little scrubby

immediately you can start seeing that

this is really doing a good job of

lifting the dirt up

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

sun’s

not all the way out maybe there’s some

overcast because it’s easier to keep the

deck wet

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

overcast right now so

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

scrubbing

so i’ll do exactly that i’m just going

to rinse it off there

now for part b

mix that just like you did the first

time in the sprayer and look at that

immediately as the part b touches it it

starts brightening it up

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

for instance

so it’s not perfect but it is pretty

impressive

so in a minute here i’m going to oil

this

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

like now

and what it looked like before i cleaned

it

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

a cotton t-shirt rag

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

a pole or a deck pad

i think the deck boss does a little

better getting into the cracks

either way it’s really really easy it’s

just wipe on

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

oiling and oh my god

am i impressed i really am i impressed

myself but

mainly i’m impressed with the mesmer’s a

and b cleaning product i knew the oil

was going to work well

but that cleaning product just really

blows me away so that’s it for this

video

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

this well um but yeah

let me pick up the camera and we’ll do

one more shot

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