Help! Over stained deck - Deck Stain Questions and Answers

RE: Help! Over stained deck

Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993 — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:26:06 +0000

Yes.

RE: Help! Over stained deck

BryanHash — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:19:26 +0000

Strip it down back to harewood?

RE: Help! Over stained deck

Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993 — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 11:15:33 +0000

Strip it all down is the best way to fix this.

Help! Over stained deck

BryanHash — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 18:00:56 +0000

Hey guys, I too made the rookie mistake by waiting to long between applying the 1st and 2nd coat. I applied the 1st coat around 2pm and 2nd coat the next morning at 8am. The pictures below are of the deck currently over 26hrs after the 2nd coat. I used super deck semi transparent redwood color stain. Now my deck is dark, shiny, sticky, wet and crumbles when I tried to wipe a small area. Not sure how to fix or approach this situation. I heard mineral water but not sure if it's worth trying? Do I have to completely strip back to bare wood? (stripping, sanding, and brightening) or just a light wash to get excess stain off? 501,502