Use a stain stripper while pressure washing. Sand only if needed after to remove the rest. Brighten after to finish the prep. You can clean and reap...

Hello. I live in Alamo, CA. We have temperatures ranging from 80's to low 100's in summer and upper 20's to mid 50's in Winter. I have partial shad...

We have reviewed the Sikkens on this website a couple of times. We are not big fans of Sikkens but you are very restricted to quality stains in Canada...

That must be so frustrating. I myself got cedar ridge siding from conservation construction of texas. It's beautiful but the maintenance is tough. Alt...

It sheds water, not beads. This is normal as you cannot 100% seal the wood as the wood needs to breathe.

We finished prepping and stained 2 days ago. Today it’s raining, and the water isn’t beading on the newly stained boards, is that normal? Should it be...

We have never tried it so no idea what ratio or if it works well or not.

You prep is good if you are going to use a solid stain. Try the Flood Pro Series.

looks like the images got placed in different order. The image at the bottom is the one before any work was done and you can see its dark gray and bla...

Try the Flood Pro series solid stains.

Hello, just found your site and have been reading thru lots of helpful articals with great tips. I gave a similar sytuation with an older deck coated ...

Thanks so much! You are always a tremendous help!