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Thank you anyway.]]> Deck Stain Questions and Answers Sebago https://forum.deckstainhelp.com/deck-stain-questions-and-answers/onestep-that-wont-dry/#post-9761 https://forum.deckstainhelp.com/deck-stain-questions-and-answers/onestep-that-wont-dry/#post-9760 Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:42:38 +0000
Hope it works out for you in the end.]]> Deck Stain Questions and Answers Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993 https://forum.deckstainhelp.com/deck-stain-questions-and-answers/onestep-that-wont-dry/#post-9760 https://forum.deckstainhelp.com/deck-stain-questions-and-answers/onestep-that-wont-dry/#post-9759 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:34:26 +0000
Once some absorption had occurred I tried wiping the whole floor down. It helped but we can still wipe stain up in places. Weeks later it still has not cured. And, since we live in Maine, the temperatures aren't helping with anymore drying that might happen.

My husband tried the company twice. He could not get past the phone operators who both said to position mirrors to aim sunlight on the floor. His last attempt was to try and find out which wavelengths were used in the curing. After talking with guys who use UV to cure some indoor applications,, he hoped finding the right UV wavelength would help us find a lamp we could use. They said theirs was too powerful and would bubble it. Another said some have flashpoints and have to be hit with the light at a certain time, like 90 minutes. Where this is designed for outdoor use that didn's seem to be the situation.

A friend loaned us a small fixture with 4 smalll UV bulbs in it, probably for growing plants. We've been moving it around after 8 hours in a spot. But it is not doing anything that we can tell. In fact I just wiped up some more sealer in a spot where the light had been.

Any ideas to get us out of the pickle I've gotten us into? This is red cedar, new last fall, with nothing on it before this.

Thanks,
Sebago
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