Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993
Scott Paul ~ Restoring Wood & Decks Since 1993
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RE: Deck Staining Help

See this for some tips: Typically, two coats of the RAD stain applied wet on wet.

5 years ago
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RE: Semi transparent stain

No, never used it.

5 years ago
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RE: Deck Staining Help

No, you cannot stain this. You will have to remove 100% of the old stain if you want to use another semi-transparent stain. This would require strippi...

5 years ago
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RE: Deck Staining Help

No pictures. Make sure the size of photos are less than 3 mb. The current stain will need to be fully removed and do not use Cabot, it has issues. Use...

5 years ago
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RE: Attack of the cottonwood seeds!

What stain brand and type? You will need to start over. Post some pictures.

5 years ago
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RE: Deck Staining Help

You do not prime ever with a solid stain but if you use the Gulf Synthetics Deck Revive, you will need their Permabond primer. Both are very good. Dif...

5 years ago
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RE: Deck Staining Help

Try Restore a Deck Solid Stains: Prep by stripping and or sanding off the loose stain. You can coat over the intact stain.

5 years ago
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RE: Deck Staining Help

@jackj59 No pictures.

5 years ago
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RE: Best deck stains available in Canada?

Sorry but they are all poor or mediocre brands in your list. We personally would not use any of them, but if we had to choose, we would use Sico.

5 years ago
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RE: Grey looking deck

You pressure wash with the kit, no need to scrub. How to apply depends on the stain brand and type of stain you choose. Not all the same.

5 years ago
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RE: Grey looking deck

Deck Cleaner and then a wood brightener:/p> You can pressure wash at a low setting while using proper prep products.

5 years ago
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RE: Deck Staining Help

No one has a black deck stain. Closest would be very dark brown such as TWP 1504 Black Walnut or Armstrong Clark in Black Walnut. We would not use Cab...

5 years ago
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RE: Which Armstrong Clark stain color to use on new red cedar deck

You might want to try some more samples. We like the Amber and the Cedar Semi but colors are very similar between the two.

5 years ago
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RE: Which Armstrong Clark stain color to use on new red cedar deck

You cannot keep the current color as your stain will need to be tinted for UV protection from graying, and that means it will be enhanced. More pigmen...

5 years ago
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