I'm just about finished installing a set of steps with ipe treads (9' wide and 6' deep), and I'm getting conflicting advice on how to finish the surface. Sanding or not sanding, cleaning or not cleaning, Cabot's Australian Timber Oil (it's good or it sucks) or Sikken's or something else, etc. The screws are countersunk and plugged (all 168 of them), so there will be sanding involved, so I'm thinking I need to sand the whole thing (but with 80-60 grit to leave a nap).
Any advice would be appreciated. Oh, and some advice for others: never, ever attempt to screw down a piece of ipe without drilling the pilot hole (I forgot (I did the counterbores first, then the screw hole) on two holes, and one screw is permanently attached halfway: had to recut the piece)
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Any advice would be appreciated. Oh, and some advice for others: never, ever attempt to screw down a piece of ipe without drilling the pilot hole (I forgot (I did the counterbores first, then the screw hole) on two holes, and one screw is permanently attached halfway: had to recut the piece)
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"Go yell at an M&M"