Shane Clardy
New Member
The deck is 224 sq ft 14x16 pressure treated greyed real bad ,but look deep past the weatehered grey around the bottom you can see a tinge of grey color stain . I asked the lady ,she said her son-n- law stained it 5 or 6 years ago.
The cleaner I chose was restore ( sodium percarbonate) because its a wood cleaner I was afraid of a bleach water mixture because I felt the old stain needed to be stripped.
ok I laid out my several pre stained 6" decking boards and showed the lady the different stains, benefits etc. Ready seal ,Olympic ,cabot , superdeck ( she really liked the extra info )she chose super deck oilbase natural cedar semi transparent.
the day I washed I pulled up (I had mixed my powder chemical before I left so it would be desolved ). used my surflo went and presrayed the deck good with the restore( didn't wet it first (usally do chose not to this day ) ??
went back to my trailer while the cleaner was working and set up for the washing 20 min or so .
I washed with about 1700 psi about 10 to 12 inches away ( thats not much contact pressure that for away , you can put the palm of your hand under that )
I set my water temp at 160 deg. new technigue for me jim Bilyeau told us I liked it .
As I washed the deck I used the 72" lance from the ground to get the outside pickets etc.and switched to a 36" lance with a straight gun to wash the floor
the deck dried great the lady said she told everyone at work about it .
Well I am getting long winded I may post my staining method later.
The reason I did this is if anyone can show me how to improve please do if this helps others then great ..
Please remember I love constructive critisim ( except for spelling ) and grammer
The cleaner I chose was restore ( sodium percarbonate) because its a wood cleaner I was afraid of a bleach water mixture because I felt the old stain needed to be stripped.
ok I laid out my several pre stained 6" decking boards and showed the lady the different stains, benefits etc. Ready seal ,Olympic ,cabot , superdeck ( she really liked the extra info )she chose super deck oilbase natural cedar semi transparent.
the day I washed I pulled up (I had mixed my powder chemical before I left so it would be desolved ). used my surflo went and presrayed the deck good with the restore( didn't wet it first (usally do chose not to this day ) ??
went back to my trailer while the cleaner was working and set up for the washing 20 min or so .
I washed with about 1700 psi about 10 to 12 inches away ( thats not much contact pressure that for away , you can put the palm of your hand under that )
I set my water temp at 160 deg. new technigue for me jim Bilyeau told us I liked it .
As I washed the deck I used the 72" lance from the ground to get the outside pickets etc.and switched to a 36" lance with a straight gun to wash the floor
the deck dried great the lady said she told everyone at work about it .
Well I am getting long winded I may post my staining method later.
The reason I did this is if anyone can show me how to improve please do if this helps others then great ..
Please remember I love constructive critisim ( except for spelling ) and grammer