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Re: Synthetic Decking: Best Buy or Absolute Nightmare?

Here's a one off. I'd like to complete my interior stairs with synthetic decking. The back splashes are tile and the treads I'd like to look like a white super polyurethaned plank but... in Arizona the sand and wear and tear of 4 teen boys just beats the stairs to death.

Keep in mind this is interior.

So I'm willing to go with something that will take a beating.

My first desire is a white synthetic wood look but I haven't found a distributor for that. Trex has a light gray that will be OK with the tile and slate that is already on the wall.

I was going to try the 3/4 x 11.5 planks over anothe board. I was going to route a 90 grove, heat and fold over 1" to create a bull nose.

Any thoughts on how it will hold up, colors, vendor, other?