Deck's a mess - Deck Stain Questions and Answers

RE: Deck's a mess

Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993 — Tue, 18 May 2021 13:12:32 +0000

Easiest is to replace the wood, but that is also the costliest.

RE: Deck's a mess

DreamDeck — Tue, 18 May 2021 10:48:06 +0000

What would you consider the 'easiest' approach to fixing the deck.

1. sand the grey side and prep

2. try and sand the joint stains off and prep

3. just buy new wood and start over

I put these boards down about 5-6 years ago. I could do it again. What would you consider the easiest and fastest approach?

RE: Deck's a mess

Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993 — Mon, 17 May 2021 14:05:23 +0000

Crown side does not matter so much, but you may not be able to get those joist stains out of the wood. It is deep into the grain.

RE: Deck's a mess

DreamDeck — Mon, 17 May 2021 14:01:40 +0000

@administrator

When I initially put the boards down, I put the 'crown' side up (the wood grain at the end would have a frown).

I'm not wondering if I could just flip the boards over, sand, clean, brighten, and then re-stain. The crown of the wood would facing down. What do you think? Is that a bad practice to put the crown side down. Here are a few pics. This looks like it would be so much easier if the downsides are not too bad.

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Thanks! Chris

RE: Deck's a mess

Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:47:43 +0000

A stripper will not remove a solid stain fully. You can use it to remove some or possibly most but you will still need to sand to get it all off.

RE: Deck's a mess

DreamDeck — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:09:48 +0000

The grey is a solid stain. Yuck on sanding. Would it be worth trying to strip this off with one of your products?

RE: Deck's a mess

Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:23:39 +0000

The gray looks like a solid stain and that means you probably cannot strip it. You may need to sand it all off to fix this.

Deck's a mess

DreamDeck — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:43:20 +0000

About 4-5 years ago, my deck was stained with an oil based TWP product. Last year, a I hired someone to restain. Unfortunately, they used a water based Sherwin Williams stain. Now I have patches of the deck where the old stain is bleeding through. It looks terrible. I was planning on using Restore a Deck product with the enhancers (will this product strip both stains?) 1193 . When I go do restain, should I use an oil-based or a water-based stain. Which product on your site would you recommend? Thanks!