Well I did the percarb and citric follow up and this is the end result. Much better than just using the Olympic Deck cleaner. Now I get to wait for the deck to dry out and try to stain in between!! Decided to go back to the AC Cedar Semi-trans instead of the solids. Was leaning towards the solids after the deck wasn't cleaning up very well.
What I thought was something I had not done for about 5 years turned out to be almost 8 when I came back to this site and found pics and posts from the last time I did this. Anyway, last time I used Stainsolver, citric neutralizer and AC Semi-Trans. So last time I researched and researched and went this route. This past week rolled around and I found I had a free day so I decided I was going to clean the deck and then seal it later. This time my research consisted of going to HD & Lowes and getting Olympic Deck Cleaner. While it did clean the deck the wood looks more washed out now instead of PTW and this is probably due to the presence of bleach in the product. Any suggestions on how to get the wood in a better state before staining or do you think anything else is needed? I still have to clean most of the rails as I ran out of product.
Thanks for any additional information. This forum was very helpful last time when I actually took my time!!!
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