How To Get A Weathered Look Decking If you have just installed a new deck and are seeking to tone it down and give it a weathered look, you're not alone.  Weathered and aged anything and everything is very much desired at this point in time.  Fashions come and fashions go and at one point, having a shiny, new "anything" was better than an old or weathered looking equivalent.  Thanks to the recent increased interest in heritage and all things vintage and aged, weathered and old looking is certainly back in fashion and it looks like it's here to stay. If you decide to give your new deck a weathered look, this is a reasonably straightforward process, depending on the wood you've chosen.  Cedar for example greys and weathers quickly and naturally with time.  Left untreated and unsealed, the natural preservatives in cedar will protect the wood while allowing it to mature into a grey-green, almost silvery tone relatively quickly.  The other alternative is to weather your decking by hand to achieve the look you're hoping for.  In actual fact, most woods, if left untreated and unsealed will weather naturally with age (and fairly quickly).  The worry is whether or not the wood will become damaged if it is left in its natural state to weather. Although it's a bit of contentious issue, the general consensus seems to be that most woods won't take hurt by staying outside in all weathers untreated and unsealed, as long as surface water isn't