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09/07/2020 2:17 am
Hey, I have a deck that was stained with Olympic Woodland Oil several years ago, it’s looking bad and coukd use a refresh. I am happy with the stain and have enough leftover for a fresh coat or two. I also have a gallon of Olympic Deck Cleaner and a Sunjoe SPX3000 power washer. I’m wondering, do I need an additional paint stripper step or can I just use the deck cleaner, and agitate it after ten min with a brush and power wash it all away and then let dry and re-stain or do I need to remove every bit of old stain. I am not looking for some over done process with ten steps but a bit confused.
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11/07/2020 11:00 am
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11/07/2020 1:27 pm
Does deck stripper take the place of the deck cleaner? I already have a gallon of Olympic Deck Cleaner, but you are thinking there is too much stain on this and it should be stripped first? Guess I'm wondering what would give second best results.
25/07/2020 9:36 pm
I live in Massachusetts and have stained my deck with Benjamin Moore Arborcoat Classic Oil finish for the last 4 years. My deck gets full sun so the stain fades after 3 months and needs to get restained every year. The wood is pressure treated pine. I was thinking about switching this year from Benjamin Moore Oil finish to the Armstrong Clark Oil stain, and use the same Cedar color. I have 2 questions:
1) Will Armstrong Clark perform better/last longer than Benjamin Moore Oil Arborcoat? I'm not sure if its the stain quality or the fact that my deck is very exposed to the elements.
2) Since the colors are close to the same (both cedar), can i get away with just power washing/cleaning the deck before applying the Armstrong Clark, or do i have to strip the deck? After power washing normally, most of the stain color seems to come out of the wood, so i've just reapplied each year after cleaning. I'm not a perfectionist, so i was wondering if i need to strip and brighten if i switch to Armstrong Clark this year (both oil-based stains).
