6/20/18 These are some of the latest pictures I've taken after reapplying Odies Oil using my new Oreck Commercial Orbiter Floor Machine. I paid 289 plus the terry cloth and lambs wool pads. I received the machine on Wednesday 6/19 after ordering on Sunday 6/17. Unbelievably Great!!! 

Oreck Commercial ORB550MC Commercial Orbiter Floor Machine

Oil Finish-Odie's Oil

Now that Odies Oil has been used to refinish the deck I am really amazed at how well it works. Odies goes on easy, it penetrates and protects the wood as evidenced by the beading but also it smells great!

May 1, 2018 The deck had been refinished about four years ago but was really showing wear.

May 1, 2 & 3, 2018 

Sean Wilson with Deep Woods Log Home  refinished the deck, including stripping, power washing and sanding. It was a huge amount of work and he did a Great Job!

He used Superdeck as the staining agent.

Before Odies but after Superdeck the deck looked good!

Friday May 11 it rained so we cancelled plans to apply the Odies on Saturday but the weather cleared up and the deck started drying by Saturday afternoon.

You can see the water sheeting action on the Super Deck finish above.

Mothers Day Sunday May 15 the sun was shining and the deck dried off enough to apply the Odies Oil. We worked together applying a thin coat of oil using terry cloth rags.

The whole job took less than three hours. Unlike the Superdeck their was no stain and no noxious odor during the two day drying process. The Odies smelled good going on and had a nice aroma as it dried. I gave it over night before walking on it and another two days before it started raining again and I put the furniture back on. The first thing I noticed was no scratch marks when sliding the wicker chairs and then I noticed the beading of the rain. I really didn't plan a side by side comparison but because of the intermittent rain over these past few weeks I realized that I had created one.

After Odies applied on Sunday May 13 it rained again on Tuesday May 15. You can see the Sheeting on the Left (Super Deck) vs the Beading on the Right after using Odies Oil.

Sean also gave us a beautiful natural wood end table that he had made and finished with Odies Oil.

My gratitude goes to Greg Meade 828-508-6197 

Deep Woods Log Home Staining  

https://www.facebook.com/DeepWoods-Log-Home-Staining-1344209622344591/

for taking the job to begin with and to Sean Wilson 973-534-2862

Artistic Expressions for doing the complete job so well. The cost of doing the job was substantial but the work done earned every penny and most importantly I have confidence now that I am on the right path to maintain the deck in great condition through future years by reapplying the Odies Oil

https://www.odiesoil.com/

as a weatherproofing and beautifying agent. I don't think I will ever have to go through the stripping sanding staining process again. 

Foothills Trail

Our quest is to complete the Foothills Trail this year from one end to the other, one section at a time.

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This is the entire Foothills Trail as illustrated in Ride with GPS. I use RWGPS to plan each Route and then Track each Hike as we complete each section. This Blog Post will capture our journey step by step, section by section East to West from Table Rock to Oconee. Chip and I have been hiking together for abut 39 years, the number of years that Tess and I have been married. We often reminisce and talk about those early days and our very first hike together as a group. Chip and Jesse, Hunyade, Girl with a Purse and a Puppy and others that Chip might help me remember. The essence of that journey is that we were all new and woefully unprepared for our adventure. We got lost and then, after much ado, we found our way out and lived to tell about it. At one point we were crossing a stream and Chip offered his hand in assistance to Tess. She promptly swatted it away with the declaration, I can handle this myself, and splashed triumphantly through the creek. Wow!!! What a Woman!!! I have no records of that trip, except for the memories, but it was a great and glorious day!


All of our future journeys were just Chip and I. There was another guy for awhile, Eric. We did some hiking and some repelling, which was fun, but mostly it was Chip and I and my Golden Retriever Keeshe.

Chip and Jesse Baby Carrie

Its hard to move on without taking a quick glance back in time. We have no pictures of that first trip and yet what a monumental trip it turned out to be. The beginnings of a long and happy journey through marriage and friendship all to unfold from that one very innocent day. Hey, do you want to go for a hike?

So this is Table Rock! I named this trip The Dark Side of the Moon! Two reasons; We hiked way beyond the normal tourist boundaries of the Table Rock Trail to the back side of Table Rock. There was not a soul in sight for miles. The wind was howling and it was Freezing Cold! Also Pink Floyd is Chips all time favorite group and Dark Side of the Moon....

Side link on this hike: