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[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

a fad for deck planking was the use of Holly. This might of come from Harold Hahn who used Holly or from a mistaken holly stoning a deck.
Holly is stark white with no feature and no variation in color and extremely expensive. There are other woods that give a deck more of a natural appearance.

 

[DAWarden-(Jaager)]

You may have noticed while the deck was being built it was dirty from using a China marker or also called a grease pencil for caulking.

I am giving serious thought to foregoing any simulation of caulking. Just let what Titebond II shows be it. Keep the deck at the rear of the stage.

About the Holly - much of these ideas came from Europe - where Holly is yellow - they do not have snow white varieties and it seems - no Blue Mold either.