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Old 05-13-2009, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Chas H View Post
If I build another deck I will use Ipe, a farmed tropical hardwood. Requires no maintenence and doesn't get hot in the sun as do the plastic decks.
Holy crap that stuff is hard! I refinished a rail made out of that wood years ago, and anything less than 80 grit on an orbital sander wouldn't cut it! 120 would polish it! 80 would just barely do it, we ended up using 50 and doing the final sanding with 100. Just to give you an idea on teak we use 220 for the final before varnish.

I must be very pricey, but damn its like working with steel!

I doubt anything can actualy hurt it...
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