Well I just checked our 4 stores in town and all they sell is the deck cleaner w/o any brightener stuff. My goal was to stain deck in 2 days. I just f...
No matter water or oil based, you will need to prep by removing all of the Olympic first. Strip, pressure wash, and sand to remove. Brighten the wood ...
Since you are letting the wood weather after the sanding, it would be best to clean and brighten all the wood for final prep.
Brightener will help. Do as soon as you are done pressure washing. Wash about 8 -12 inches away from the wood.
Is the wood brightener even required at this point?
So you would recommend pressure washing (how close to the wood should it be done)? followed by deck brightener, correct? Can I do the deck brightener ...
You are limited to using a solid color stain again. Try the Flood solid stains. Make sure pressure wash for the prep. Probably 3-4 gallons.
You can use a deck brightener after the pressure washing.
Should I not use one of the deck whitener/prep things to open up the poors or is the pressure washing enough to do it and how many days after the wash...
1. Give the wood a good pressure washing. This should help to "open" the wood cells some for the stain. 2. If use the Dark Oak, the floors will be a m...