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30/06/2018 5:17 pm
I live near Atlanta, GA and this the first deck I've owned (bought the house 2 years ago, deck is 4 years old) and it was stained with Sikkens Cetol at some point after installation. Deck is mostly shaded by trees and house with about 2 hours of direct sun each day. Not sure what type of wood, but not cedar and not a tropical wood. I sanded the deck just to be sure this first time and after a rare 48 hours w/o rain I applied TWP 103 Dark Oak with a brush. I finished staining around 8:30pm and it started raining at 7am the next morning and has rained almost continuously for 3 days. Now that rain stopped there is stain that has oozed out of cracks in the wood (see attached picture). I tried wiping it with a cloth and mineral spirits but it's dried into what is like hardened epoxy. Help! What did I do wrong and what do I do now?
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03/07/2018 3:37 am
Thank you for taking the time to reply.
I'm confused as to how it would be the natural sap coming out from inside the wood if it's a 4 year old deck, it's never done it before now (including during the 2-3 weeks after I sanded the previous stain off while waiting for a stretch of 48 hours w/o rain) and then it happened immediately in the hours after I stained the wood. I could totally be wrong, but b/c of all that it seems like it would have to be the stain. Am I missing something?
If it is the stain I don't know why it happened and the deck looks bad with these shiny thin lines of glop on quite a few of the boards... 😟Â
