I'm staining my pool deck for first time. The deck has weathered for about 3 years and I want to confirm recommended cleaning/prep and # of coats (sol...

I'm re-staining my deck and want to confirm recommended cleaning/prep and # of coats (solid stain). See below for details. New Wood or Older Wood? -...

No semi-transparent stain will hold up any better than the TWP 100 Series when it comes to heavy foot traffic.

I have seen so many solid stained decks that peel ... so I prefer semi transparent.

No stain is immune to heavy foot traffic. Eventually, you will get wear patterns. Do you prefer to see some grain or is a solid opaque appearance okay...

Yes, it needs to be applied wet on wet. You can walk on the first coat but you have to take care to not leave footprints or step in your second coat.

@administrator Used RAD cleaner and brightener. The instructions suggest to re-coat within an hour. so, as previously stated, it took 1/2 hour to d...

How did you prep? Looks like you stepped in the first coat before it had any chance to set. It could be due to it being a covered porch as it can take...

The only way to fix this is to remove all and start over with bare wood. BTW, you have an exotic hardwood deck. You need a stain designed for this woo...

Wherever you still have any old stain/shiny coating will need to be removed. Let the stripper sit longer, it will come up better.

Do you think I need to redo the entire deck with remover or just the patchy areas?

Thanks for your prompt reply. Sorry yes im using RAD dark walnut as a penertrating stain, the previous finish was varnish.