Decks, Patios, Porches and Docks - Need help restoring deck

I have a pressure treated deck that has been neglected and has pretty bad splinters.

It is 8 years old and We have waterproofed it once and stained it about twp years ago.

I recently applied a waterproof product and it helped to protect but wonder if there is any type of sealer product that would help seal the splinters? Could this be applied over the waterproof product I recently applied? (would rather not paint it)

Thank you.

Welcome to the forums!

Paint always protects the best but a solid stain is 2nd best, then a semi-transparent, toner with clear sealers offering the shortest protection. Thompson waterseal is one of the poorer coatings you can apply to a deck. Generally the harder it is to see thru the stain - the more protection and the longer it will last.

Some stains can be recoated at any time but many must either be stripped or weathered off before another coat or coating can be applied.

A wood deck should be sealed/stained in it's 1st year and generally every 2-3 yrs after. Recoating will vary both by the enviroment and the type/quality of the coating used. The higher priced coatings tend to outlast the cheaper ones.

Unless the splinters are big enough to nail back in place you don't have much option other than to cut off the splinter or replace the board.

Thanks so much for your response. I will try the stain and see if that helps. I am hoping it will
help "glue down" some of the the splinters so as
to prevent my dogs from hurting their paws.

I used a Behr water protector. I agree that the Thompson's product was a waste of time but
did find the Behr product to be much better. I used
a stripper first to get the old stain off which
worked well also.

Thanks for your time in posting a response to my question!