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Old 01-22-2022, 12:50 PM   #8
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Thanks guys.

BTW did our new house in all synthetic to decrease maintenance except for the decks. Aluminum is too hot as is any synthetic underfoot. Don’t like Ipe look but there’s a host of exotic woods as dense and durable as Ipe. We went with a form of balu. Comes with a 50 year guarantee even if not oiled or treated. For looks did oil it with Armstrong-Clarke which you do after a light pressure wash every other year. Friends tell me after three treatments you can go 4-5 years between. Stuff is so dense it absorbs very little. Being hard need to predrill everything and it eats sawblades.

Plantation teak ain’t what it once was.Not nearly as dense. Will dent, split and soak up stain. Need to be real careful with mahogany as well and look real close. Lots of stuff is called mahogany which isn’t. So agree with Klee Wyck. There’s so many excellent choices in natural woods if you just take a look.
Yeah man...you are correct about being hard, predrilling, and eats sawblades. I had to soothe the installer many times over how hard that Acacia was. But that was the point.
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