lenpga2b

Thanks for the replies. Let me add this. The contractor came out again today to do a restrip and completed the whole job including equipment setup and teardown in 20 minutes. My wife has stated that the "old stain still looks the same". I also ask how stong of a stripper could they be using if they are running it throught the power washer? I thought that strippers (real strippers) were failry caustic and would reak havoc on a power washer. Maybe just best for me to finish this job on my own.

I have a 700 square foot cedar deck. The deck is about 3 years old and was previously sealed with Olympic Maximun CedarTone sealer. The intention was to do a complet strip of the existing sealer and then a restain with Ready Seal Cedar stain. After having the deck stripped the end result is abouut 90 percent removal of the previuos stain from the horizantal Boards (except for area under BBQ grill). The Vertical Spindals and Vertical boards still have 70% of the original stain remaining. The contractor states that applying ready Seal over any of the existing stain will cover just fine. Can I feel confident that the Ready Seal product will cover the remaining Olympic Stain? When the ready seal fades over the next 6-12 months can the underlying stain bleed through. The contractor is trying to prevent more aggressive stripping and powerwashing in order to avoid fuzzing up the deck. I don't beleive he wants to spend that time to sand the deck. However at this point my fear is the job will get bigger if it is stained with Ready Seal and then have to strip all of it again becasue of poor results. He wuld have my money at that point and I would have to rely on warratny work to fix problem. I have attached some pictures af what the deck looks like after it has been "stripped" please post your commnets ASAP.