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21/09/2020 5:27 am
OK, we finally got around to staining our screen porch and deck, both built in the winter of 2018-19. Pressured-treated southern yellow pine, now well aged. We hired a professional painter and things did not go well today. Attached is a photo. Covered with hundreds -- thousands -- of tiny bubbles. Painter says he doesn't know what happened ... does anyone here?
Background: About a week and a half ago, we prepped with power-washing and then Sherwin Williams Deck Wash and lots of rinsing. Painter used a brush to cut in and apply stain between boards, then rolled on a thick coat of stain (Sherwin Williams semi-transparent oil). The outside deck -- which had aged much more and was splintering and beginning to crack -- didn't get these bubbles. But the screened porch floor, which looked BEAUTIFUL and almost brand-new several hours ago, now looks like this.Painter thinks he can sand it off and apply another coat tomorrow.
Ideas?
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21/09/2020 3:49 pm
Painter is now sanding and plans to try again. Word to the wise: use a composite deck. This isn't worth it.
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21/09/2020 8:02 pm
Update -- we've given up. Sanding and another coat of semi-transparent oil didn't help. Bubbles still there, but now stain so thick it covers up the grain and looks like semi-solid paint. What do we get to strip it all off? And can we ever go back with a semi-transparent again? Painter and paint company say wood must have held moisture (for the past 2 years?) and we need to switch to latex rather than oil? Latex, they say, won't have this fish-eye effect from painting on dampish wood...
This post was modified 5 years ago by tenndecko
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22/09/2020 7:07 pm
OK, yeah, it's a mess. The project has been halted.
