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11/10/2017 7:25 pm
New cedar 5/4 decking, temps between 45-55 f. Seattle area.
I applied it too heavy 5 days ago (because I wanted it to coat the edges of the boards too by running down the sides) and saw by day 2 that it wasn’t going to dry. Deck area is 128 sf and I used 95% of a gallon can.
So I called the Behr support line and she told me to go over the whole thing with a thing coat of mineral spirits to even it all out. I did that 2 days ago and it worked great. But it STILL is not dry enough to walk on without shoe tread marks showing in the finish, and rain (which fell 18 hours after I completed the mineral spirits wipe-down) shows blotchiness.
All I really care about is getting it to dry so it's not tacky, so I can walk on and put chairs on the deck.
What to do?
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11/10/2017 7:37 pm
Thanks for the reply. How long should I wait to decide? At this point, there are no visually heavy areas, it all looks good and not thick, very consistent, but a shoe will leave faint tracks because of the tackiness.
07/09/2018 2:33 am
I am curious how long it took to dry. I just applied this product 24 hours ago and it is still tacky. I love the way it soaked in and the appearance is excellent, but I think I to applied it a bit thick. Just wondering what the future has in store for me, will it eventually dry?
