The leaching is because the Ready Seal is a non-drying oil and the IPE is extremely dense. Basically, it is repelling the Ready Seal and since it neve...

The only way to remove this is to sand and that will not be easy as the stain was heavily over applied and was the wrong type for IPE. I believe the s...

We hired a professional to stain our IPE wood porches around our house. The house is 11 years new and the porches looked weathered here in the Charl...

Thank you for the reply. we are going to go with a stain this time as it looks like we are able to get 99% of it off. And yes, definitely aware it w...

Is the rough sawn cut? If so you can avoid all the wait and prep and stain now as long as the wood is clean and dry.

I guess it depends on the brand of stain, how good your stopping point is and if your stain color is thoroughly mixed well before, during and the next...

Posted by: aflgreene Hi. Need stain help Northern Michigan with in 29 feet from a lake partial sun cedar deck some mold/mildew The main issue is p...

Hi. Need stain help Northern Michigan with in 29 feet from a lake partial sun cedar deck some mold/mildew The main issue is peeling with previous s...

Bummer! Do you think this is a high risk that it will be very noticeable? As I lay out steps to do the job, I'm finding that it would be significant...

I think you will be fine. No issues.

Yes it is posible it will not be even.