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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ughh this sucks, I thought that composite / plastic decks are maintenance free. WTF seems as much maintenance, should've just gotten pressure treated and stain.[/quote]

No exterior material is truly maintenance free. Wood and composites are all subject to mildew and general dirt stains, trex and early composites just show it more. But a wood deck and a trex deck in the same spot will have similar amounts of mildew. The trex (and really all of the composites) are easily cleaned using usually jus water, or a little bit of detergent(never bleach).  The corte clean is great, a tad expensive though. For general areas, a few drops of dish detergent in water will get the job done.  We have 2 decks - one mostlynshaded tha gets the mildew spots every year, one in full sun that has never had them. Shady deck gets corte clean annually. Sunny deck gets dawn. I have pressure washed both, but regular jet setting on the hose does just as good a job with less water and no chance of damage.

So once a year, 2 hours, and no other maintenance. That is about as maintenance free as it gets.  [/quote]

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