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                        <title>RE: Cannot get the grey out of an Ipe deck with 2X cleaner/brightener - should i use a stripper?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 16:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[You want a sanding pad for a buffer. Use the red or white one. It looks like this.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[You want a sanding pad for a buffer. Use the red or white one. It looks like this. 1028]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://forum.deckstainhelp.com/deck-cleaning-questions-and-answers/">Deck Cleaning Questions and Answers</category>                        <dc:creator>Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood &amp; Decks Since 1993</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Cannot get the grey out of an Ipe deck with 2X cleaner/brightener - should i use a stripper?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 15:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thank you for your prompt reply!

I did read the link, thank you. Is there an appropriate grit selection for this?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thank you for your prompt reply!

I did read the link, thank you. Is there an appropriate grit selection for this?]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Cannot get the grey out of an Ipe deck with 2X cleaner/brightener - should i use a stripper?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[You cannot increase the concentration any higher, it will not dissolve correctly. Iw ould not be too aggressive with a pressure washer as you do not want to damage the wood. It may be better...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[You cannot increase the concentration any higher, it will not dissolve correctly. Iw ould not be too aggressive with a pressure washer as you do not want to damage the wood. It may be better to buff the wood to remove this. See here for tips: https://www.deckstainhelp.com/wood-fuzzies-furring-on-deck/]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Cannot get the grey out of an Ipe deck with 2X cleaner/brightener - should i use a stripper?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 15:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thank you for the reply and I will clean again. I have cleaned with 8oz per gallon of sodium percarbonate. In order to clean better should I:
1. increase the sodium percarbonate concentrati...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thank you for the reply and I will clean again. I have cleaned with 8oz per gallon of sodium percarbonate. In order to clean better should I:
1. increase the sodium percarbonate concentration, if so, how high can I go? 
2. If I do not pre-wet, does that help? 
3. Should I very aggressively power wash? 

The cross grain areas seem to  1025,1026,1027 present the most problems.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Cannot get the grey out of an Ipe deck with 2X cleaner/brightener - should i use a stripper?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 12:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[If the gray does not show when wet then it will not show when stained. The stripper will not remove any more.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[If the gray does not show when wet then it will not show when stained. The stripper will not remove any more.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Cannot get the grey out of an Ipe deck with 2X cleaner/brightener - should i use a stripper?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 22:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I should mention that I have used sodium percarbonate as a cleaner and citric acid as a brightener.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I should mention that I have used sodium percarbonate as a cleaner and citric acid as a brightener.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 19:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have cleaned and brightened twice using a pressure washer and cannot get ALL the grey out. Vast improvement but still grey areas within the grain. The deck is 6 years old and has never bee...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have cleaned and brightened twice using a pressure washer and cannot get ALL the grey out. Vast improvement but still grey areas within the grain. The deck is 6 years old and has never been stained.
1. I understand that I do not want to stain with grey left on the deck.  What happens if I do stain with a translucent stain?
2. Even though the Ipe has never been stained would using a stripper instead of a cleaner remove more grey?]]></content:encoded>
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