James

not bad tony

Paul- Do you have a before photo.? Did you think you were going to defelt before or only after using the pre-carb ? how much RS 5,6 gallons is the deck aprox 500 sqft ?

De- furring pads

Wwhat are you putting down on this deck? Do wash those dead wood collectors out or toss them?

I buy it 60 gallons at a time 15 gallon kegs 2 dollars a pop !

I ve done one with ready seal gold . the problem with stains is that it goes in very uneven. There are area's that take more color than others. I think using a clear is better it will enhance the color and provide protection. Do some samples . I ve done a lot of samples and I think clear is the best bet.

If the wood is cedar and its no more 2 years old. in a shady area throw water on it wait 5 minutes. That is the color the customer wants most of the time. Its also a good way to learn colors and tring to match what you see. Try this at home and blend colors to match it !

I ve done 3 ipe so far and 2 comming up. I have one ipe that is all curved corners its pretty cool (done with steam and sanding). I have 4 port orford cedars decks comming( biggest pain in the ass wood out there ). One parqued redwood due( 3 foot framed sq's). Many western red cedar and mahog. A few pt. I see less pt than any thing. I just cleaned a huge composite display. They could not get it cleaned with 6% bleach (must use 12% if its bad ).

look at the very bottom ( Thick black resydue )

Who's getting killed by the rain again. For 2 weeks it has rained every night. I hate woodcare!!! lol..

Reed I always get confused on your pricing. Is this a strip job or just a clean an oil. I thought you were like a 1.48 a sqft for stripping or did you go way up on pricing ? And how come your only half done. You should be able to bink that job out in a day if your not stripping ?

When using ready seal on new cedar it can not rain that night !!!!!Even with my let sit for 6 months to a year program. Paul-- I wash everything , do some windows still , seal stone and my maint. program for wood saved my buthole last year and this. However I have 7 decks ready to go sealed 4 today. Rain tommorow night, tues, wed and thur. 2 weeks behind on decks with people getting upset because they got screwed last year because of the rain. Must work tommorow...

I agree with door # 1 and 3 # 2 looks like a black top sealant was applied

the last 2 years have been the worst for mold. ive been getting the black spotted type here. i let it dwell longer in those spots or i repeat the method. nolonger than 5 minutes and rinse. then repizza

I always seal naked or I wear a body condom. The body condom works great !!

paul that was your best post. .....

it rained right after it was put on ?

Tom and son is a good idea fasst and easy. Good for moving unless they have something to hide

I cleaned and stripped a cedar deck 2 years ago that was sealed every other year with cwf and other film formers. The worst deck I every saw for divits and miss used bleach. It is 1200 sq of floor. It creaked and all the nails were loose. 15 gallons of ready Seal it took stop and restore the wood. Im doing a 5 year old cedar deck now one coat of CWF and two Sikkens. It drank Ready seal. I guess my point is using a film forming finish right away does not seal in the natural resins !!!

If there's no divit marks from pressure. Just clean the weathered wood. If cedar is left to season 4 or 5 years it comes out great with a product like RS.

I love this Bleach and efg 38...

I have porter cable and old milwalky few more dollars but well worth it..

I also have an opinion about waiting. But I do things just enough to be different.

I've talk about this before on other sites maybe this one. These are two differenent type prducts. RS should be compared with Wolman FP , ABR , penitrating sealers that do not form a film. Wood Tux is more in the penofin catigory than RS. I juust stipped penofin off a barn thats going RS. From a guy who buy's more cedar 100's of thousands a year. What I see on the board is people do not understand the function of the type of sealer or the difference between film and penitrating....

Always think about the future. That product will have to be stripped in time.