My now significant other had a cedar deck build two years ago. The contractor said she needed to let the wood dry before staining. Two months or so later she hired a painter who stained the deck and railings using Cabot opaque deck stain. He applied the first coat and three days later applied the second coat. As far as she can remember they did not do any deck preparation. We noticed last Winter when we were putting away the deck furniture, ect. that our shoes were working through the stain. We started a project this Spring to restain the deck. Using a pressure washer we found that the stain came right off the deck like using an eraser on a chalk board. At this point we have used a stripping solution on the deck (about 1000 sq ft).
I am going to use a brightener as the next step. What is the time between using that and applying the stain?
We are debating using Cabot again or Behr. Cabot had a very good rating from CReports. No metion of Behr.
From some of the threads I've read and agree with an oil based stain should last longer than the acrylic/water based. Am I correct?
Should I be concerned about the "fuzzies" from the cedar decking? If so, what would you recommend to take care of them? Will the brightener treatment take care of them?
If all else fails, do you have members in the Seattle, WA area?? This is a honeydo project <BG>
Regards,
Mike
I am going to use a brightener as the next step. What is the time between using that and applying the stain?
We are debating using Cabot again or Behr. Cabot had a very good rating from CReports. No metion of Behr.
From some of the threads I've read and agree with an oil based stain should last longer than the acrylic/water based. Am I correct?
Should I be concerned about the "fuzzies" from the cedar decking? If so, what would you recommend to take care of them? Will the brightener treatment take care of them?
If all else fails, do you have members in the Seattle, WA area?? This is a honeydo project <BG>
Regards,
Mike