How do I strip solid stain from a deck?
1) Chemical removal - I've tried this. Seems to work only on the deteriorated sections, and not even very well at that.
2) Drum/floor sander - can strip away nails in the deck and cause rust. Also hazardous.
3) Powerwasher - hear it can damage the wood
Anyone had any luck/insight to any of the above?
Answers:
first of all,if its peeling,its paint,stain doesn`t peel off.stain soaks inthe wood,paint sits on the wood!call the local paint stores or hardware stores,you need a product called PEEL STOP.get up as much of the flaking as possible,then apply the peel stop,then you can repaint the wood.follow the directions for the peel stop and paint and your deck will look great!
Other answers:
Pressure washing is the way to go. As far as damaging the wood, don't go above 1,500 psi.
Pressure washing is the way to go. As far as damaging the wood, don't go above 1,500 psi.
Clean the flaked areas good then restain right over the other. If darker stain it will bleed into the other stain. May take two coats.
you'll need to rent out a good sander and sand down the floors, then once they're sanded varnish them afterwards put on a lighter pad of sandpaper (because when you varnish sanded floor little 'hairs' of wood stand up with the varnish and don't worry about the nails because a good out door varnish will protect them from rusting) and sand it down again with the lighter grade paper, varnish again and repeat as many times as nessicary each time going down to a lighter grade, finally once you no longer feel these rough parts put another coat of varnish on the floor and give it a run over with a floor buffer and the floor will shine....you can rent both these machines out and they are not that hard to use, but it is a very time consuming job because you will HAVE to do the entire floor otherwise you will be able to see the patches. depending on the size of the floor you may be looking at 2 or 3 days or work to get it perfect