Steo250, no issues if waiting until Spring. Just clean and brighten to prep. better to wait for best results. Greenhill, definitely wait until Sp...

I would like to stain my redwood deck today but the high is 67 degrees with a low of 41 degrees tonight. I'm using TWP 101 Cedartone. Am I OK?

You can get smaller pads for the railings. Usually sold in rental stores for buffing hardwood floors.

Quote from jh on October 9, 2012, 19:11 I did use the brightener, but there are still some orange-ish spots on the floor. The rails are where the ha...

I did use the brightener, but there are still some orange-ish spots on the floor. The rails are where the hairs are. Some of the posts seem to have a...

JH, this is probably because the wood started to oxidize. When you clean you end up removing all of the wood cells that are damaged from the oxidation...

I just cleaned my 6 month old deck with restore a deck, and i notice that some of the wood has a fine white-ish hair to it. Do i have to sand it? If s...

I would look at TWP Stains.

Yes, same stain. Thanks.

In response to your question of whether there was still Cabot stain on the porch. There is Cabot stain around the edges of the porch but not on m...

You have a lot of old stain that needs to be removed. I would strip it all off with a deck stain stripper then follow up with a wood brightener.

If you are using the same stain then I would clean and brighten to prep.

Here`s a photo of the deck. Tried Sikkens translucent cedartone on left. Tried TWP 1501 cedartone on right. Both look terrible..............the...