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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Love my Azec. We do have to pressure wash it at least once per yr, though, but it looks like new once it is cleaned up.[/quote]

Have you painted it (with a solid stain) at all?  I read somewhere that, although it doesn't need to be painted, painting it makes it easier to clean[/quote]

I have not painted it. Nice to know that that is an option, though. We will probably have to pressure wash it every year anyway because of the way our deck is situated with a lot of trees around it. It looks great every year until late May when all the pollen from out oak trees drop, then it gets really dirty. We don't mind washing it, teenage  DS has been doing it last couple of years.[/quote]

Thanks.  Btw, when i said painting, i meant using a solid stain, not actual paint -- one should never paint a deck with paint[/quote]

You cannot stain a plastic material deck.  Only wood.[/quote]

You seem to be confusing regular vynil (plastic) which cannot be (easily) painted and cannot be stained with cellular pvc, which can.  Cellular pvc is pvc that has been injected millions of tiny air bubbles.

You also seem to be confusing solid waterborne stain with transparent / semi transparent stain (usually oil based).  If so, you are right -- can only use this kind of oil based stain on wood.[/quote]

You probably could, but its not normal to use the PVC boards for decking.  You use those for trim and paint those.   I know I'm not confused.  Azek makes booth decking and trim boards.  I like their trim boards as well as the Veranda/Home Depot Brand but the Azek is not as nice as the Veranda decking (we used both in different areas and our Veranda is very nice and our Azek is blah).  Both also make railing systems.  You don't paint or stain decking that is made of a plastic or composite material, only wood decking.[/quote]

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