RPetry

Hi Rick - I've read a lot of your posts and think you're the right guy for my question.  Hopefully.  :)

We live in Northern Virginia and moved into a newly built house last year.  We have red cedar shake siding.  The shingles were not primed before staining and the house was stained with a light gray semi-transparent stain (Sikkens WIllow).  After about 2 months we saw significant extractive tannin bleeding (see picture attached).  Now that's about a year has passed, the only areas where we are still seeing the tannins are in the covered areas (front porch, screened porch, etc.) - the rain and sun must have taken care of the rest of the house.  My question is, what should we do now?  Should we try and clean with oxalic acid?  If the cleaning works, should we leave as is or oil prime and re-stain with the semi-transparent?  Since the areas are covered, I am not as concerned about the stains matching perfectly as they already look darker because they are in the shade.  I would really appreciate your thoughts.  Thanks so much!  Kara

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