Diamond Jim
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This is a Western Red cedar deck I was hired to to wood care for in Greenwich Ct . The floor and 70% of the rails are less than a year old. I was scheduled to preform the cleaning and oiling in September. In July I get a call from the home owner asking what they should do to the deck to protect it. She was having a new awning installed and trim replaced and painted along the deck area. I wrote out instructions for the contractors to keep the deck wet while applying bleach and keep rinsing as not to affect the wood.Rinse the dirt off with water. Then tarp the deck to avoid paint drips . Pretty simple ,hey ?
This was an easy prep/clean and oil job that turned into an extra day ( 8 /10 hours) of using a floor buffer and buffing to remedy the miss use of bleach and not understanding what it can do.
Well, the contractors bleached the floor and most of the rail system( They clean roofs too). They kept walking on the deck while the bleach was on the deck making marks and foot prints all over the place and furred up the rails . When I saw that I new I had to buff the deck. I get ahold of the home owner , they call the contractor and they think they did us a favor by bleaching the deck and not following my instructions .
The first two photos are of the bleaching affects by the contractor, the next two are of my cleaning and trying to remove the grey wood which is brutal on one year old cedar and a photo of the buffing prep. The next two are finished. Half clear /half light brown Ready Seal.
Not to shabby?
This was an easy prep/clean and oil job that turned into an extra day ( 8 /10 hours) of using a floor buffer and buffing to remedy the miss use of bleach and not understanding what it can do.
Well, the contractors bleached the floor and most of the rail system( They clean roofs too). They kept walking on the deck while the bleach was on the deck making marks and foot prints all over the place and furred up the rails . When I saw that I new I had to buff the deck. I get ahold of the home owner , they call the contractor and they think they did us a favor by bleaching the deck and not following my instructions .
The first two photos are of the bleaching affects by the contractor, the next two are of my cleaning and trying to remove the grey wood which is brutal on one year old cedar and a photo of the buffing prep. The next two are finished. Half clear /half light brown Ready Seal.
Not to shabby?