Dont paint your deck, let me show you why, by Power washing Dragon and Painting, PDP. In his cool commercial / how to, short video shot on location in Mastic NY we attempt to show why its a very bad idea to put paint on your exterior wood decking. An unfortunate decision made by one of the previous owners of this mastic house had forced the new owners to repaint this deck year after year with less than optimal results. This constant maintenance have been grueling to say the least and still without achieving the look they wanted. Painting a exterior wood deck, most of the time, is not a good idea but to paint an exterior wood deck that sits at ground level is definitely a no no. The problem is that the underneath, unsealed or unprotected side of the wood acts like a sponge absorbing water from the ground then pushing it through the front finished side of the planks. Since paint is not breathable like stain, saturated wood easily results in the paint lifting, bubbling, possibly even coming off in sheets to the point of total failure. Again they have made the decision to paint it for the last season before ripping it up and replacing it with Trex or some other less maintenance demanding product.