You should be able to strip now. Yes on the brighten. It may be hard to remove all since it was just applied. Try for 80-90%.

Cool thanks. That's what I was thinking. Do I need to wait any time frame? It will strip off ok? I assume I should also brighten like before?

Strip and start over. You will not be able to blend this. It needs to be applied all at once and second coats need to applied wet on wet within 60 min...

The white is sap and has nothing to do with the stain that was used or the prep. It just leeches out of the wood sometimes and dries white on the surf...

I have the same issue but much worse. I waited over a year to stain with Defy and still the white from knots and elsewhere spread quickly after about ...

Same boat here. Started staining deck today (4 years old PTP, Defy Extreme; stripped old stuff, used brightener, and sanded some parts). The sun reall...

Quote from doc62 on June 11, 19:20 Long Island Full sun Pressure treated wood-15+ yrs old Some mold/mildew Prior stain with cabot semi trans...

Long Island Full sun Pressure treated wood-15+ yrs old Some mold/mildew Prior stain with cabot semi transparent several years ago. Stripping a...

Thanks for your time and info.....

Understood, what about just one strip and then refinish heavy sanding...man I really messed up

No idea if it will cure fully or not. Sorry.

OK, I will get his recommendation. So will the stain eventually dry/cure, any idea how long it might take, if so I understand that it would look blotc...

Prep with a Restore A Deck Kit and pressure washing. Stain with TWP 1500 Series or Armstrong Clark.

You could, but it may gum up the sanding paper to the point it will not work well. Your stain had not cured yet. I would ask him.

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