Customer Reviews for BEHR Premium Advanced DeckOver 5 gal. #SC-102 Slate Textured Solid Color Exterior Wood and Concrete Coating

My $8000 deck is ruined. I went by directions and year after started peeling and now I got holes rotted. My wife walked out and hit a rotted spot and went ankle deep and cut her ankle. I tried to do this before and of course no response. Now I have to replace at least 20 boards and scrape deck over paint off. Gonna be fun. Do not buy this stuff. Looked great at first though. I just want it fixed but I know I'll have to pay to get done or do myself. Hard when you work everyday. Not a happy customer at this point.

Follow the directions and you won't be disappointed!! Before, during and after

Please do not allow a sales associate to push this product on you. Let someone who actually has used it tell you about it. First off, it sets and drys so fast while you are rolling it on, now wonder I see all the complaints on it peeling. It does not soak into the wood, the product basically drys and configures to itself. I got this crap on my hands after a few hours of working, bam it comes right off, meaning it didn't even stick to my hands. I replaced a lot of 1x4 planks and sanded the deck. So I preped really good. I was tired of stains that never matched or still let sun damage in, so I thought this would be great. Why on earth is this product on the market, it's basically chemicals on a can and they know it's garbage. I added a photo to prove I just used it. I guarantee this will peel in a few months.

I would give no stars if possible. We painted the deck in the fall with Advanced Deckover. The deck was prepared down to bare wood.This spring the paint on the deck was peeling in strips. We had to remove the loose paint and repaint!!! I would never recommend this product

I dont often write reviews but felt compelled because of the misery this product has caused. Let me start by saying we are freaks about following instructions so the preparation and application were done correctly. Afyer a year the product is chipping and peeling horribly. Its just a mess. And our deck is covered ny an awning for the summer months. And yes we have snow in winter but this is simply not acceptable. As I write this im traumatized on how to resolve because I don't have 30 hours to strip and sand off like others have had to do. Behr offers no help, rather suggest it wasn't applied correctly. I'm confident all the high ratings were from people that just applied it because it looks great when new. But give it a year. Do yourself a favor, Google all the issues people have had after a year and how many decks its ruined. They shouldn't even be able to sell it....its horrible.

My deck is 21 years old, in 2016 I painted it with Behr deckover in a cedar color and was very impressed. This spring is the first time I have had to repaint the deck since 2016. This time we went with the stonehedge color. I believe the paint lasted so long in good shape was due to my prep work. I power wash the deck, then sand using a belt sander with 36 grit sanding belts, power wash a second time and apply the paint when the temperature is below 85 degrees and never in direct sunlight. The first coat I apply with a 3inch brush and the second coat with a roller. I am very impressed with this product and will never use anything else!

I was hoping based on photos I had looked at online that this Bordeaux paint would be a deep maroon, but as soon as I opened the can I saw that it was 100% dark purple with no reddish tone at all. I thought maybe once the paint dried it would look more like the photos, but that was not the case. Very disappointed in the color, but it did make my 12 year old deck look like new. The paint filled in the cracks well and even coated some of the very aged areas. There were no reviews of this color anywhere, so I thought I'd let others know how inaccurate the stock photos are.

I took days to PROPERLY use this product. A 16x20 deck 7 feet above ground. It ruined my deck and now I am scraping off the useless product. It bubbled, coukd be blown up with an18volt leaf blower. Im finally selling my house and now i am scraping it to rekease the moisture under the paint that did adhere. Do NOT buy this product. You will ruin your deck! Wasted so much money.

Amazing results! Highly recommend it.

Did everything they recommended to do. Even went over quick with sander to get anything loose. Power washed used their cleaner. It was done right. Paint didn’t even last then a reason. Now I’m out there scrapping by hand to remove the bad paint. I would never recommend this paint for your deck. Waste of time an allot of work.

I researched this and other products very thouroghly. While I'm not a professional painter, I am very skilled when it comes to all facets of home improvement. And to preface this post - I followed all Manufacturers Instructions and watched every video out there. I prepped all surfaces as instructed. Here's what they won't tell you: 1. This product is very very very thick. Almost like cake or brownie batter. 2. It dries super-fast!!! You have to work fast!!! If you think you can use a brush and go back over something, you can't without it "caking up" and creating clumps, consistent to ground-up oreo cookies. 3. Mix the cans and buckets frequently.. Keep them out of the sun... a thick film will form on the surface -it will ruin the can and cannot be used again... 4. Buy lots of cheap disposable bushes and rollers. For the same reason... Once this product dries, you won't ever get them clean. 5. The cooler the weather, the better the application - as the temperatures really affect the product. 6. Oh - and the info that 1 gallon covers 75 sq feet? Not even close. Double your estimate. In summary. This stuff works. However, it's not as easy to prep and apply as advertised. And prepare to spend WAY MORE MONEY on materials for your project. I've included pics... You can see the treated and untreated areas. It's a 600 sq ft deck... fully sanded and cleaned.. took about 10 hours to do what you see...

So got this for a temporary fix on an ugly deck. And it that temporary was waaaaaay shorter then expected. Used a few 5 gallon and then some gallon for touchups the first few months then gave up. Months i had peels a year was a mess and attached is two years later. I read Behr’s recommendation of sanding and touching up, yeah not going to waste any more on this. Pup in pic doesn’t scratch the floor if you are wondering. Damage was done all by it self.

It looks much darker in picture....it should be called milk choclate brown....the color is on the left of photo....if I new it was so light I wouldn't have ordered...

We did everything we were supposed to. And it still peeled. And now it’s a nightmare And where it is coming off the wood is still wet underneath. How is that possible.? It’s not in my budget to replace my entire deck. Not happy at all.

I bought this product to cover an 1100 Sq. Ft. Deck. I walked into Home Depot planning to buy (3) 5 Gallon Buckets based on Behr's recommendation of 375 sq. ft. coverage per bucket. I then read that I needed to do 2 coats, so I bought 6. Got home, rolled with a 1/2 inch roller as Behr recommends, liberally. Got to the end of my deck within the first bucket. I've been a contractor for 20 years, I didn't paint it on thin, I didn't water it down, I put a nice full coat over every inch and got 3 times their stated coverage out of the product. Now have 4 extra, non-returnable buckets of this stuff (about $600) that are essentially useless to me. Great profit for Behr. To add insult to injury, only about a week old and bubbles are appearing in many places on the deck (see image). My deck wasn't old, it was just built. The lumber is #1 DF boards that were dried for 3 months prior to installation and freshly primed. If this stuff couldn't stick to that, it can't stick to anything. Not happy with initial result and poor long term reviews here are creating concerns about longevity of this low quality, expensive product.

We have a very large deck and we invested a lot of money to redo it. We followed all the instructions Behr recommended and it looked so beautiful at first! We used Behr Advanced DeckOver in May 2020... its currently April 2021. It is peeling and looks absolutely terrible! Would not recommend this product!

So disappointed in this product. I used the textured deckover before with great results. Replaced my deck and followed the instructions to perfection with the expectation I would have the same results as before. I now have a HUGE MESS!!! Would NOT recommend this product!

prepared my steps properly and they came out amazing

I used Advanced DeckOver in the fall. I prepared the deck well and followed the instructions. At first it was really nice but it did not last. It has been only 6 months and the paint is peeling. My deck will need to be refinished again. I am incredibly disappointed in the quality. It has turned out to be a waste of money, and more importantly a waste of my time. Very Dissatisfied!!

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After 20 years we had the deck repaired. We had to replace some old posts and the railing. We've stained this deck several times in the past and now after replacing some of the posts and railings we had to re-stain the entire deck so it would all match. I couldn't be happier with the quality of this Behr solid wood stain! This is only one coat and it covers the old red stain and new posts to an even finish. It goes on beautifully, dries quickly, and is an easy clean up. It was easy to find the right shade to match the preexisting flooring as Behr has so many shades to choose from. I would highly recommend this for any age decking!! Will use Behr solid stain again!!

We paid to have our new deck painted with this stuff about 2 years ago. First off, the guy we hired to do it insisted on brushing it on. I read on the can that it was to be applied with a roller and rather heavy. He refused to use a roller. So after he was done my husband rolled on 2 liberal coats. When first done it looked really nice. But after it being there for two years, we can’t get it clean, it just looks dirty. And it’s coming off in places. Bare wood is showing in places. We’re going to power wash it next Spring and touch it up and see how it looks. I don’t think putting another coat on it will fix anything. Very disappointed in this product. I wish we had just stained it, but it’s too late for that.

It has been a few months and I'm overall happy with the finish. We had a first snow fall last night and I really appreciate the traction with the texture in this product. I Hate the color am would like to know if there a a regular paint that I can top this product with without spending twice the money I budgeted. Again, I thought cedar would have more reddish tints. I've noticed many others have made these same comments.

I love the color! It looks better than it has ever looked in the 34 years it has existed! But I did not do the job of painting. The young man who worked for me was thrilled with the coverage and consistency of this product. Reviews said it was thick, so I bought an extra gallon, but we did not need it. My painter told me he showed a picture of my finished deck to his mother-in-law and she wants hers done the same way. So - a BIG success!

So upset. I purchased the natural cedar color for my 600sqft deck only for it to come out an awful bright orange color. I paid someone to come out and paint it (hours of labor) and now will have to pay someone else again to go over it. Please fix this color. It is tacky and not for anyone looking for an elegant wood look. Paint even brighter in real life than photo!

Not sure how to rate this! The one I bought a few years ago and just finished up a couple days ago was wonderful even after storing a couple gallons in the garage for four years it still went on nice and it looks great! Then I opened up the 5 gallon one that we just bought the end of August 2020! Totally defective so we had to call and get it picked up! It was so thick it was like clay with a little bit of liquid on top! We tried to mix in the liquid and there was just no way we were going to be able to paint with it! So that one would have to give zero stars or one. But I know that’s not how your paint usually is! I got the same kind but not textured in Colorado and I bought a 5 gallon container two different times and I just love the paint! It’s just that one container was totally defective & not useable! But out of the other three 5 gallon containers I have used I have to give a five star review! But they just picked up the defective one today and they’re saying a new one will come tomorrow! Praying that that will not be defective! I really don’t think it will be! Great paint, normally!

What a waste! Waste of money, mostly a waste of time. I hate leaving bad reviews, but I would rather the next guy know how bad this product holds up. Behr Deck Over is not worth the effort you just put into sanding your deck. Stay away!!! I must say I am beyond disappointed in this product, and I will not be recommending this to anyone I know. I applied it and within 2 days the product peeled away. 2 days! I must say I bought this product before reading the reviews I found here at: https://www.deckstainhelp.com/behr-deckover-review-2015/ *Behr please don't bother responding, I've read your other responses. No way a product should peel in 2 days! What a disaster. I have to to do the job all over again. I would recommend Benjamin Moore Aura Exterior. More money, but who wants to do the job twice. Think about that before you buy Behr Deck Over.

This is some really good stuff. Took me a while to do my deck, starting with top trim, handrails, spindles, steps, before getting to main deck. Only did one coat so far, with a brush. The difference is really amazing - see the before and after. It's fairly thick stuff but went surprisingly a long way. I bought two 5-gallon containers (about $145 each) in "Cappuccino" color which we love. I think I could have gotten away with just one container but thinking I'll do the second coat with a roller so I may tap into the other container at some point. I only did one quick cleaning of the deck, no stripping or anything because the wood was already so worn. Didn't do any sanding either. Anyway, can finally relax.

This product is absolutely not a cedar color. We bought it to go on our front porch deck but theres no way. The picture is our side porch. Its so orange.

Highly recommended by Home Depot salesman, I did all the recommended pretreatment and then applied two coats. Looked great for the first summer but began to peel during first winter. Now, 3 years later, is still peeling. Not recommended!