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Thanks Dave, I guess that will be my first project. Ironically, I used the stain to try to make the decks all blend together. They were built at different time, so the wood appears very different in color. My husband is not great with doing any of this, so there was never anything put on the wood to protect it. We just bought a new powerwasher, so I will check HD and Lowes for the stain remover and then start over. Maybe I will try the product that Stuart told Bosco to use on his cedar cabinet. Guess it would work for decks too..
I rented a deck sander from Home Depot, sanded all three decks and power washed them ( you have to be careful and go with the grain using a wider nozzel) then put the Flood UV on waited 20 minuets and put on another coat. It looks great....The stain looked kind like a light pink wax as it was going on but once it soaked in became a deep rich brown. It also beads up water nice. For my privacy blinds I used my air sprayer...I just stapled plastic on the backside and sprayed away!My decks are 10 years old, went without stain for a few years in harsh sun and heavy snow and now they look new.I applied the stain to the deck with a broom type stain pad.
Deck sander..is that like a belt sander? How tough is that to operate..that sounds like just what I need.
WOW run1...that is a beautiful deck.. I don't mind paying for a quality product, it is MY time that is the issue. I just don't have the time or energy to repaint my deck each year. I will try to find your paint at a local dealer. And I am going to check out that deck sander too..I think if I took off the top layer of the stinko stain, I could penetrate the wood enough underneath to get an even coat of the good stuff.This is a perfect fall project...I just don't want to be doing it EVERY year! I also have the issue of all those rails and spindles (what ever they are called)...and the lattice under the deck..I would be sanding until I am 100 years old..