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Peter Halle said:Darcy,
I haven't worked with many of the exotics for decking. I know from experience that with the common wet materials you should avoid miters because the shrinkage will result in a call back. The tigerwood you are using. Is is air dried or kiln dried, or not specified. I have tigerwood floors in my house and really like it, but understand that it can be iffy.
Thanks for any input.
Peter
The decking is air dried. You can get kiln dried but, I wouldn't use it outside unless you let it acclimate for a couple weeks.
The boards are very stable dimensionally and will have minimal movement. The TC-G's will let the boards do what they do with the climate and keep them nice and flat. I did get a little checking on a few boards but, I diluted some TB3 with water and mixed in some sawdust to help heal them before I sand the deck.
Yes, I am going to sand the whole thing with 80g right before I oil it.
as far as the miter's, I made them as tight as I could, if they move a little bit, so be it. After all it is a deck. I do not like the way you have to space every gap and joint with the man made synthetic decking.
I will have finished pictures by the weeks end.