You are welcome.

His hobby is wood working in character and real life and knows all about all in terms of wood. Great show (Parks & Rec). Reading a lot of posts ...

Weather all, prep all, then stain all is really the easiest. If you want to not weather, then you could go ahead and final prep and then stain now but...

Prep with Restore A Deck Cleaner/Brightener kits. Stain with Restore A DEck Semi-transparent stain or TWP 1500 Series.

Great, thank you. Just to clarify as I am not seeing information about a deck with both new and old wood (sorry if the info is there and I missed it)...

Have you seen this about new wood?:/p> As for the grooves, it is not an issue if sanded off. You may want to finish the sanding. Let it weather throug...

Probably because he builds decks and not maintains them? Anyways, always follow the advice of the stain brand you are using when it comes to new wood.

Thanks, this is very helpful. Can you tell me why our deck installer (who has excellent ratings) said we really don't need to let the wood age?

First, this site is awesome and should be the only online decking information available as so much misinformation is spread. I only come to this site...

That is not true. Rain does not harm sanded decks and actually helps to open the pores, not close it. Yes, you will need to clean and brighten the woo...