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13/10/2014 3:09 am
Hi, I recently used Olympic deck cleaner and a power washer to clean my pressure treated deck. It did a pretty good job but I did have a lot of extra work to get the old stain off the rim boards and the posts. Now that I've got that taken care of I learned that I should have used a sodium percarbonate wood deck cleaner instead. I do have a white residue on the wood that I can't seem to get off. I'm concerned it will prevent stain from soaking in correctly.
My question is, is there a product that would be recommended to re-clean the deck to remove the white residue or should I just try to use a brightener to take care of it or am I out of luck and need just replace the wood now?
Thanks for your help.
Topic starter
14/10/2014 1:02 pm
I've added some pictures to show you what the problem is.
The first two pictures are after I tried to sand the wood down using a belt sander. The last picture is the floor before sanding.
14/10/2014 1:36 pm
That is oxidation of the wood cells that were not completely removed with the initial cleaning. You can try cleaning again with a little more pressure and a sodium percarbonate based deck cleaner. Take not that if you do not see this white fuzz when wet with water then you will most likely not see it when stained.
