Thank you for your reply. It's a semi gloss finish. I'm still thinking it might be better to mask because wouldn't it be difficult to wipe them off wh...

I cannot tell from the picture but do the spindles have a slight clear coat shine to them? If so, they stain will wipe right off of them as long as yo...

Thanks for your reply...picture attached....I think!

Picture please.

Sand it off is your best option.

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.