Brian Keating

We had a server crash early last week without warning. Everything has been restored. It's nice to see that people are still checking in.

It's best to back brush/pad the whole desk. It helps to push the stain into the wood. You get better penetration that way

Oxalic and never rinse.

I have an old Deckster in my garage that needs to have the pump rebuilt. There is a leak in the pump. The motor is very strong though. Email me if your interested. I bought it in 2003. I upgraded to a newer model this year. Here is my email address: bkeating13@ameritech.net

Reed, I talked to Tood last week and he told me the same thing. I haven't had the flashing problem but increasing the amount of oil should make it even better. Have you tried the Harvest Brown yet? Very close the Ready Seal Light Brown. Is the Bright Cedar light then Light Brown? One last question, did you use it on Cedar or PT?

Try Easy Off Oven cleaner or stripper. If you leave a shadow it will fade fairly quickly.

Just one word, BEAUTIFUL! I am planning to build a new deck in the fall and hope to put Ipe on the floor. I will probably do the rails in cedar and stain them a solid white. I love two tones.

You may find this hard to believe but I will be using the TimberPro products this year. I am also trying out the F-18 stripper. Have had good results so far.

I had a customer last year that didn't get along with their neighbor so they paid me to take down the sections of fence, stain them and put them back up. Believe it or not it probably saved me a ton of time because the neighbor had a 4 foot fence they refused to take down when the new one was put up and I would have had to work around it. I always leave it up to the customer to let neighbors know that I will be in their yard working on a fence. Haven't had a problem yet. Knock on wood!

If anyone is looking for Defelting Pads I have them instock. www.deckguide.com

Tried a cup when I was 9 or 10 years old and haven't touched it again. Give me a Coke or Mountain Dew and I'm good to go.

If it's not a huge deck try to sell them on re-decking the floor with new wood and applying a new coat of acrylic on the vertials. The time and materials would probably come really close.

Very nice looking deck, Get Job!

Beautiful job! What kind of time was put into this project. I'm sure it was a nice payday.

Robert, I hope you are getting paid by the word to promote F-18. Every post I read you are talking about it. I have tried it and yes it's a good product. But you make it sound like a god send. I have to agree with Beth and Tony when I say I would choose TimberStrip or HD-80 over F-18 when I have a tough finish to remove.