Deck Sanding & Refinishing

[fatlazyless]

Here in the lakes region, both antifreeze and latex paint are very difficult to get disposed here in a way that is clean, safe and legal?

The Meredith transfer station is good taking motor oil, and oil filters, but antifreeze and latex paint is pretty much impossible to dispose in an environmentally good way.

On the one day in the first week of August, when they take old paint at the Meredith transfer station it is limited to 2-3 gallons per car, and there can be a one hour wait to get through the long line of cars, as they inch forward, and around, and through the process.

Maine and Vermont and Rhode Island have a www.paintcare.org service ...... New Hampshire should have it too, but it does not.

[Top-Water]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Here in the lakes region, both antifreeze and latex paint are very difficult to get disposed here in a way that is clean, safe and legal?

The Meredith transfer station is good taking motor oil, and oil filters, but antifreeze and latex paint is pretty much impossible to dispose in an environmentally good way.

On the one day in the first week of August, when they take old paint at the Meredith transfer station it is limited to 2-3 gallons per car, and there can be a one hour wait to get through the long line of cars, as they inch forward, and around, and through the process.

Maine and Vermont and Rhode Island have a www.paintcare.org service ...... New Hampshire should have it too, but it does not.

Sometimes being responsible takes effort on your part. Rather than shoving it up someone else's a$$.

[garysanfran]

Told me to fill half empty cans with sand and throw them into the trash.

I didn't.

[fatlazyless]

I suspect the first thing the PaintCare drop-off service does in Maine or Vermont is to ask for a state ID ...... so only people from Maine or Vermont can use their disposal service.

Hellooooo New Hampshire legislature ...... any chance for joining up with www.paintcare.org?

By not having a service like PaintCare, it ends up with people disposing their old paint into a semi-public trash can, such as at Lowe's, Home depot, Walmart, Irving Gas, or a private dumpster, or the town transfer station. Most everyone wants to do the correct thing with their left-over haz waste, and the existing NH system does not work good because it works to encourage people to dispose into retail trash.

If PaintCare is happening in Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island, then it should probably happen in New Hampshire, too.

[Top-Water]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

I suspect the first thing the PaintCare drop-off service does in Maine or Vermont is to ask for a state ID ...... so only people from Maine or Vermont can use their disposal service.

Hellooooo New Hampshire legislature ...... any chance for joining up with www.paintcare.org?

By not having a service like PaintCare, it ends up with people disposing their old paint into a semi-public trash can, such as at Lowe's, Home depot, Walmart, Irving Gas, or a private dumpster, or the town transfer station. Most everyone wants to do the correct thing with their left-over haz waste, and the existing NH system does not work good because it works to encourage people to dispose into retail trash.

Sorry no excuse for acting irresponsibly.

"NH system does not work good because it works to encourage people to dispose into retail trash."

Really fact or fiction ........ or your own twisted sense of reality.

[Sue Doe-Nym]

Deck restorer not an option . Sanding is necessary since there are loose pieces of previous coatings.

[marcucci]

Originally Posted by Sue Doe-Nym

Deck restorer not an option

We are in the process of doing the same and I uncovered that the deck restorer mentioned earlier is a rebrand of a product that has an ongoing class action lawsuit and both have bad reviews. People report peeling after 1 year in cold climates and because it's so thick you have to sand-blast to remove it if you decide to go back to paint/stain.

One source: https://www.deckstainhelp.com/class-...-deck-restore/

We haven't decided yet what we are going to use...

[Sue Doe-Nym]

Originally Posted by marcucci

We are in the process of doing the same and I uncovered that the deck restorer mentioned earlier is a rebrand of a product that has an ongoing class action lawsuit and both have bad reviews. People report peeling after 1 year in cold climates and because it's so thick you have to sand-blast to remove it if you decide to go back to paint/stain.

One source: https://www.deckstainhelp.com/class-...-deck-restore/

We haven't decided yet what we are going to use...

Tried the deck restorer and it was a disaster Was able to get refund for material but now have to start all over. Thanks for link to new product.

[Biggd]

I read nothing but bad things about deck restore paint but my front porch was so bad I figured for $30 I'd give it a try anyway. It looked good for all last summer but as soon as I put the snow shovel to it, it all started pealing off.
Now it looks worse than it did before. Oh well, it needs replacing anyway.