publicnuisance

The title of this post says it all. We purchased our house about 18 months ago, it has a deck that is about 600sf and needs re-staining. Based on the signatures in the concrete around the supports I believe it was built in 1992. I found a partial 5'er of Flood CWF-UV oil base stain in the garage and assume that is what is on it. The floor is the worst, although it looked fairly good when we moved in, the railing and balusters are in pretty good shape. I would like to strip and re-stain the floor. I have read many, many posts looking for an easy way out and found several on "Downstreaming" stripper. That would be my preferred method, did I mention I am lazy. Anyway, what stripper would work best for this application? Thanks

Thanks for all the un-constructive criticism. You assume I know nothing when the truth is that I have been doing all of my own automotive and home maintenance for over thirty years. I have built decks, fences, installed central heat and air, upgraded breaker panel, built 2 garages including electric, applied countless gallons of paint, repaired plaster walls, refinished hardwood floors, installed cabinets and counter tops, replaced plumbing, installed tile shower surround and the list goes on and on. All these things I do myself because I enjoy the satisfaction of making my world more comfortable, attractive, dependable and functional. Not to mention the fact that any time I have paid someone to work on my stuff I have not felt like I got a quality result for the money, at least if I mess up my own project I have no one else to blame but myself. I’m sure you would agree that even in the pressure washing field there are dummies pulling trailers full of equipment that don’t have a clue what they are doing. I have a 900sf workshop full of table saws, chop saws, thickness plainer, air compressor, welding equipment, metal cutting band saw, airless paint sprayer, 2750 psi 3 gpm Honda powered pressure washer, unknown numbers of power tools, both pneumatic and electric, and hand tools out the wazoo that enables me to create, change and repair my world the way I see fit. And proper safety equipment so that even today I have all my fingers, toes and eyes and they all work fine. So excuse me for trying to inject a little levity by saying I am lazy, maybe lazy is not the correct word because I will stick with a project until it is finished. And I am smart enough to ask questions or read and learn what I need to know to complete my chosen task. That is all I wanted to gain from this Forum, a little insight from what I assumed were professional people willing to share their expertise. I would rather work smart than hard. PRESSURE PROS Thanks. At least you gave your honest opinion, but I am not scared off of the project yet. INTEGRITY PSI No, it’s no joke. The answer I was looking for is the way to do it right as you suggest. I have a pair of sunglasses already, but thanks anyway. NORTHWESTERN No Thanks, I like my deck and my lawn. BIG CHAZ Thanks for not treating me like a total idiot. Yes I do have the capability to down stream chemical. The deck is over concrete and the house is brick so no fear there. All plants in the area are in pots so they can be moved easily. Yes, I do enjoy a sit in the lawn chair and a cold one at times, have we met? BETH N ROD I don’t know what to say to you. You asked right away if this is something I wanted to tackle and I responded with my next post but still nothing constructive from you, it almost seems that you have a bone to pick with DIY'ers. I see that you are Site Admin(s), if this is the way people in general are treated at the site you administer than you should make it exclusive with membership by invitation only. In closing, I intend to obtain ample amounts of HD-80 and Citralic, apply both with a pump sprayer, or possibly DS them, and complete the job myself. If any of you care to share any useful information I would appreciate it. If any of you are offended by this post than by all means boot me off this forum and delete my log on from you servers. Sincerely, Publicnuisance

I am sure I want to try it myself, besides lazy I am also cheap. As I mentioned the deck is over 15 years old and if I end up replacing the deck boards it would not be the end of the world. All of the strippers I have looked into say to apply to a dry surface, let stand and rinse. I doubt I can rinse the first area without getting the next area wet. Is there stripper available that is applied to a wet surface? They also say to scrub the surface, that is the step I would most like to skip. I had considered just flipping the boards over since they are all square cut. I also have a thickness planner and could just take off the top layer very easily, which would make them nice and smooth. I would rather not do either of these two options though. Thanks