Good alternatives to Duratex?

[Bugeyed Earl]

I was looking into this topic recently also, and found a TB member who had some experience with Rustoleum Restore - a thick textured coating for weathered wood decks. It seemed like an interesting option since its available in a pretty good range of colors at Home Depot, and a 1-gallon bucket runs about $40.

I happened to find a gallon of it in battleship grey on the "oops" shelf at my local store a few weeks ago, and couldn't say no to the $9 price tag I haven't messed around with it yet, but I think the biggest challenge will be to keep it from forming the nasty craters that the samples in the store's display exhibited. Restore also seems to contain some gritty substance that leaves it with an abrasive surface, don't know if that can be tamed. Will report back after I've tried it out.

 

[seamonkey]

Inter-mixing different pant products, especially different classes of products can result in serious incompatability problems including bubbling of the base finish and poor adhesion of the later coats.

I Never, Never, mixing my "pant products"

This could be quite a debate here but a little prep work, sanding flat, and maybe sometimes some primer and new coats of different paint can stick fine.

I guess I don't find that gear always needs a lot of money and time on the finish. Spend money on connectors and bracing.
And I like carpet as a good option.

 

[TimBosby]

LOL, you beat me to it.

OH! I thought it said Durex...... I was gonna recommend Trojan. My bad!