If you want to sand then do this in order: 1. Sand off all old stain 2. Clean and prep wood with a deck cleaner to remove sand dust and open po...

Thanks. My thoughts on the Honeytone are because of the original stain used was almost a clear so you can see the natural "yellow" of the Alaskan pine...

Thanks for the reply and the specific recommendations. And thanks for the great site.

We have never found an easy solution for those stamps. They do go away naturally in a year or so.

Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately, sanding the entire deck will undoubtedly result in loss of protective coating on too many screw heads, ...

Those ink marks are a pain to deal with. Sanding them off may leave "smooth" spots where the stain will penetrate less, causing lighter stain color in...

Thanks for the link to the informative article, which I hadn't read. This leads to another question. Many of the boards in my new deck have big (ugly)...

domaniva47, Have you read this article yet? It should help. Staining New Decks

I built a new deck a few months ago and plan to stain it in the coming weeks (I live in the Atlanta, GA area, deck is pressure-treated pine). I have s...

I am sorry we did not reply. Missed your message! It would be best to use a stain that already contains non-drying oils in it instead of doing tw...

Nothing lasts 5-7 years. Solids stains will not fade in color like a semi-transparent but they are prone to peeling as they film on top of the wood in...

Quote from administrator on February 25, 2013, 11:12 Are you sure you want a solid stain? Solids stains look like paints. If that is what you want t...

Are you sure you want a solid stain? Solids stains look like paints. If that is what you want then you do not need to strip, just clean and coat over ...

gmeyerco, I think you are on the right track. Only thing is that the Honeytone is the lightest color of the TWP and lighter colors will fade faster th...