REPAIRING AND PAINTING THE BACK PORCH

You know, I would probably just slap some Watco Teak Oil on it and call it done. Of course, I've gotten kind of lazy lately.

Good to see you back, Gary.

Roger, my poach is covered in red paint...don't I need to scrap it first. Will the teak oil cover the paint?

I kind of misread. You said uncovered back porch, and I took that to mean uncoated. That is, bare wood. No, I wouldn't oil over paint. I hate scraping, though maybe I would rent a floor sander. My idea only had potential for bare, weathered wood.

Consider my post as bumping the thread up.

Let me help you out here.

Good to see the old team effort, by golly.

OK Lustig, what do you have in mind? I can scrap the wood, leave some hardened paint and then use a good quality paint to redo it. I could resand the whole porch....don't think I would complete that approach. Is wood putty acceptable to fill in two foot long 3/16 inch wide cracks?...or do I brush the paint into the deep cracks? This could turn into work. Maybe Roger's first approach is a good idea...it wouldn't be pretty but it would be waterproof.

Painted porches are a beautiful and practical way to welcome visitors to your home. Painting a porch is easy as long as you use the right tools. Paint is inexpensive and you can easily paint your porch in a weekend, making it an ideal project that will give you great results for a long time to come.

I agree. Roger's suggestion is probably the best for me.