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Here was deck I worked on last week that was cleaned brightened and stained with Gray Away Cedar Dark

Thanks Beth...Yo Adrian! It's all in a few days work :cool:

welcome Dave...Please add your signature to your profile..Thanks Try to pull the vine off as much as you can since they don't want to prune it or stain in the winter time when the plant is dormant.

Not if you stain it adding oil/color back into the wood.

Yes oxalic will fix a problem like that for any spots made by bleach. Also if the wood is grey untreated and some over spray gets on the deck from as house wash or roof wash just spray the deck evenly with a light 12 % mix then rinse to even it out. You don't really damage wood with bleach unless it's like straight 12% and it's not rinsed. Wood will dry out when cleaning with bleach but if the wood is oiled up after it will be just fine. I use 12% to clean wood all the time before staining so don't be scared to use 12 % at the right mixture when needed.

You could brighten it to even out the look of the wood if the bleach leaves any spots it's not a big deal. If you are pre wetting the wood you shouldn't have any problems. Are they not planning on staining the deck?

With all that hp in that F1 car it needs some intermediate or rain tires! I watch all the F1 races of the worlds fastest race cars not a dragster.

You can always trying to rub those areas with thinner if its a lap mark it should rub it out? RS better change their slogan if its a lap mark ? no pics?

Glad you are ok Alan!

I agree with Rick...You can rinse using only water first to get what's on the surface then mix a light mix like Rick said.

I want to smell your clothes after being in the coffee shops ...:cool: what vacation when it rains?

If you add a little bleach to the stripper it helps.

It's either mildew or old stain not much else it could be to look so black like that? RS is light and very unforgiving if the deck is not stripped and cleaned completely of stain or mildew.

All the black is mildew in the wood and knots? Bleach would helped that deck out so much...

Nice Job Al! :cool:

Allison I've never used it but there is supposed to be an auto save when you are replying. See bottom left....sorry you lost your post its happen to me also but didn't realize it at the time about auto save.

John Chapman might be the guy to ask he's a paver master!

It's fine Rick I didn't think your comment needed that kind of response. We need to respect every member on TGS in the same professional way! I don't use RS but respect the guys who have great success with it even tho it's my competitor here in Tx. I'm not gonna bash products or other TGS members in an open forum it's just not cool! TGS is still the premier wood care site with tons of info and experience!

Ok enough with the name calling It will not be tolerated here on TGS! So I don't want to see it in the open forum! Rick is trying to be helpful so keep it professional... I wouldn't expect this from a forum leader Dan!

Hope you have a great day Beth! :cool:

Anytime...:cool: I wish i still felt like 20 and working in the heat was just another walk in the park! Now i try to start early and finish by 2 if possible if I can help it!

What are you boosting Hd80 with? Don't know what the difference would be with either stripper and don't see why you couldn't boost both the same. What are you trying to strip?

i thought it was 20?

You can edit your own post Al look at the bottom right hand corner on the original post "edit post"

Very Nice ! :cool: