Chappy
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I just did my house with liquid car wax. Had to XJet it cause my downstreamer went kaput, but I was surprized how shiny the siding was after I was finished. Im curious to see how long it lasts.
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i hate those flex wands. Unless you have very low pressure, its very hard to control.
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I love these threads. I learn so much.
I only have one experience with Bakers. Gazebo and dock both stained with BGA super cedar gold/dark mix. Obviously the floor gets no sun, but notice the end of the dock. I replaced 10 boards. You can definitly see the difference. in fact Bakers specifically says not to use on new wood under 1 year old.
the second set is my office deck with AC Semitrans Cedar. the steps and stair rails are all new wood. Again no sun hits this deck. It has a much richer look to it and you can't tell the difference in the new wood and old, with the exeption of one board by the door.
(since my main experience is with Wood Tux, I was amazed at how well the wood absorbed the AC. even the second coat was all absorbed with no wiping off!)
On a side note, I had the remaining Bakers in my shed. I pulled it out and tried to mix it up (about 2 years old now) and the solids had solidified completely. couldnt mix it at all. Dont know whats it it that would cause that nor have I let other stains sit that long so I dont know what to make of it.
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That last pic is the exact reason I can't use RS anymore. Clients would come out and offer a slight smile and dryly say, "oh. Great. Looks nice." The appearance is just too drab. In Rick's pic, a few of the vertical highlights look decent. But look at the steps. If that had been stained with TWP, it would be vibrant. No idea on A/C, not much experience with it.Jon,
you have a strange definition of vibrant. I know my experience is limited but that is a beautiful stain.
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After reading some of the things that have gone on over at the other boards lately, I came across this. It will be my new place too whenever people go off the deep end on threads.
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I don't really like the color, but it matches the spindles well. Overall though, thats a veryfine restoration job.
My own deck needs that type of work. replacing stringers, rail caps and rotted floorboards. I'm just waiting on cool weather.
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People down here wait on roof cleaning jobs until Hurricane season is over. No reason to clean it if it might be blown off, right?
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Thats a Purdy deck. That is a very dark color though. I cant say I like that color but the job looks good.
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I took my kid on a job with me. Customer had a Big Green Egg, (mini) that is very heavy. I moved it, but my kid moved it back. I had forgotten to tell him how unstable they are, and Smash!
Customer was very nice about it, but they cost 3x the job amount!
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Dan, that is one big deck. I think it looks very nice.
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If you look at the pic of the rails out in the sun, you can tell the true color better. Because the deck is covered and my poor picture taking skills, the color looks off. The true color is more a match to daniels. It really is mountain cedar. I only used one coat, and it sucked it in so much I almost ran out.
The customer is thrilled, thank you very much, and have already been paid.
I will try to work on my photography skills though. My finished pics often leave a lot to be desired, but to see them personally is like looking at the Sistine Chapel ceiling!!
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God - what a scam product!That's not fair and you know it Daniel. This is on IPE. and it got 12-16 months in full sun. WT may have its problems but so do alot of other products that people used to swear by.
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Just finished this deck in Tampa. Stripped 1 coat of an oil solid which came off easily, then 2 coats of something I coudn't tell. Took 3 strips with HD 80.
Stained with Mountain Cedar Semi Solid
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I have been doing reminder calls at 2 years and I havn't been getting calls back for maintenace for the WT decks. Except for 2. The first dock at 2 years was faded but still in fair shape, the second was an IPE dock at 16 months. It was a little faded, but still had pretty good color retention with just a spot of about 10 sf of mildew in heavy shade area.
I downstreamed bleach and every bit of WT came off.
Edit: I found the pics, and I guess the color is more faded than I thought, and no oil left in it at all. But very little mildew.
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Ditto that. The AC does not leave shiny spots where it didnt soak in as well.
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mine just dropped to $0.92! Halaluyah!
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Man, thats a lot of mildew! I have to reevaluate my WT decks.
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Every hack in this area uses Flood Spa N Deck. I hate the stuff. Try the AC. So far so good with it.
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you can barely see the deck in the 4th pic. but it is pt pine. It blended really well with the cedar.
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That one was hand brushed. Ive learned that even though it takes 2-3 times longer to brush instead of spray, the taping and tarping takes twice as long as the spraying so the time savings on a small deck is minimal.
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man thats beautiful. I wish Id see more IPE here.
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This deck was with the Playset in st. Pete.
I goofed on this one.
After stripping the playset, the deck had lots of mildew on it. I asked HO if she wanted it cleaned off. Light bleach and lightly washed, but a little of the color came off. Knowing up front it needed to be refinished, because lots of bare areas already, I was planning on writing an estimate for future maintenance restain. The Husband called me that night and said I took off most of the old stain! And that I should restain it at cost!
Now you'd assume he knew the condition before hand, but I was left with no room to argue and agreed to re stain with the original Olympic semi. It really turned out great and I was able to at least cover my helpers labor and make a little.
Lesson learned the hard way!
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here they are. Had trouble loading them.
I was going to use the AC Semisolid but couldnt get it in time. The WT worked really nice though. I forgot how much trouble it is when not spraying, took WAY too long to hand brush the whole thing.
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amen to that!
Beth, How well does it cover flaws and old stain spots like in cracks.
Customer wants the lightest color possible and the sample chips Scott sent me dont do that mountain cedar justice. It looks real nice.
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Especially IPE!