Larry Ray Staton
New Member
I've included a pic ( I hope it works) of my deck that I just stained with Wolman F&P Golden Pine with 1 cup of "natural" per gallon added. I'm pleased with the color. Golden pine alone was a little too light. F&P natural was too brown. I am new to washing / staining decks. I usually just wash houses/concrete part time. I've obtained a wealth of information from this board thanks to everyone. I just stripped Behr Natural that was applied last year to a new portion that was added on last year. The older section (steps area) was 12 x 20 and had Behr fir/pine/spruce applied about 3 years ago. I made a mistake last year and cleaned only and didn't strip the old stain. Last year I applied Behr natural over the entire deck which was 12 x 36. The old wood and the new was very noticeable, but I dealt with that for a year. This year the deck was very black, and didn't look good at all, and how could I try to pursue deck restoration when my own deck looked like crap?. I decided I would properly strip that Behr Crap off. Even the newer portion last year looked bad. (The part that just had Behr Natural applied) I obtained my Wolman Certification Contractor status!! and I stripped this time with Wolman DeckStrip. I mixed the stripper 2:1 with water. It worked fine removing the previous stain. I neutralized with Wolman Brightener (oxalic), waited a few days and then applied stain with a brush. I also used a technique which I had read about on this board for the floor area. I used an 8 inch soft bristle brush (soft enough to wash a car with) on a pole dipped it in a pail (Well, actually I didn't have a wide mouth pail, so I just used an old litterbox) since my wife booted the cat outside. The soft brush was excellent for getting in the cracks and getting the stain spread evenly. I have a pump up and didn't really want to use that. I new I would have to back brush anyway. The bottom (432 sq feet) went very quick, probably, less than 45 minutes. Any way I hope you see the pic and see the color. I had to reduce the quality so that it would fit on this board. It's kinda blurry. Thanks to everyone who posts on this board.
