# How do you take care of your red ceder wood deck?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-take-care-of-your-red-ceder-wood-deck/768913 "2016-10-18T02:12:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-take-care-of-your-red-ceder-wood-deck/768913/1 "2016-10-18T02:12:20Z")

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Do you treat it regularly? How often, and with what? Or do you let it weather naturally and go grey.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-take-care-of-your-red-ceder-wood-deck/768913/2 "2016-10-18T02:38:51Z")

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Cedar

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**Author:** ![Debs181](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Debs181](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debs181)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-take-care-of-your-red-ceder-wood-deck/768913/3 "2016-11-03T16:34:43Z")

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Here are a few links to sites that may be useful:  
[https://www.thisoldhouse.com/ask-toh/spring-cleaning-deck](https://www.thisoldhouse.com/ask-toh/spring-cleaning-deck)  
[http://www.hometips.com/repair-fix/deck-maintenance-wood.html](http://www.hometips.com/repair-fix/deck-maintenance-wood.html)

[http://www.hgtv.com/design/outdoor-design/outdoor-spaces/deck-maintenance-tips](http://www.hgtv.com/design/outdoor-design/outdoor-spaces/deck-maintenance-tips)  
[http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/deck/building/expert-tips-to-maintain-your-wood-deck/#page=2](http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/deck/building/expert-tips-to-maintain-your-wood-deck/#page=2)

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-take-care-of-your-red-ceder-wood-deck/768913/4 "2016-11-04T01:54:51Z")

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Thanks Debs181!

I’ve just hired a local carpenter to build and deck and some fencing on a third of my roof balcony. He says that because the area faces full sun and rain that the nice red cedar wood will turn grey within about a month, unless I treat it. So I guess I have to learn how to treat it. I want to bring out the dark redness of the wood, and retain it for as long as possible, so I think I’m looking at staining it?