My neighbor's house (and two story garage) is cedar, stained about 15 years ago, she estimates. I'm 90% sure it's oil-based but haven't tested it. Attached are pics.
She wants to go lighter, but stay with semi-transparent. I tried to wiggle out of the prospect, but she offered to pay more for stripping.
I've done some research on the store-bought strippers, and the RAD "injectable" stripper. Looks like NaOH is the central ingredient. I would love to create my own mix, and apply through the downstream detergent pickup on my little pressure washer so I don't have to 1)climb all over the house 2) do any scrubbing.
Is this possible? Can I create a mix that will allow me to skip those steps? If not I need to charge her more. I'm a painter, and I understand the work/steps required to neutralize and stain everything, so I don't have any questions about that aspect.
If it's not possible, I guess I'll just have to say "stripping is going to cost too much, we'll have to go darker"? If I'm way off base here, please tell me what you would recommend overall. Also, she's ok with a two-toned look. So where the old stain looks ok, I can skip stripping. I'm only concerned about the splotchy areas.
She wants to go lighter, but stay with semi-transparent. I tried to wiggle out of the prospect, but she offered to pay more for stripping.
I've done some research on the store-bought strippers, and the RAD "injectable" stripper. Looks like NaOH is the central ingredient. I would love to create my own mix, and apply through the downstream detergent pickup on my little pressure washer so I don't have to 1)climb all over the house 2) do any scrubbing.
Is this possible? Can I create a mix that will allow me to skip those steps? If not I need to charge her more. I'm a painter, and I understand the work/steps required to neutralize and stain everything, so I don't have any questions about that aspect.
If it's not possible, I guess I'll just have to say "stripping is going to cost too much, we'll have to go darker"? If I'm way off base here, please tell me what you would recommend overall. Also, she's ok with a two-toned look. So where the old stain looks ok, I can skip stripping. I'm only concerned about the splotchy areas.