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Attached are some pictures of the deck. Three show the deck, while one shows the rail. On the right of the rail picture you can see where I tried the deck stripper. Got really clean (still do not like the color).

I have a deck w/ a solid Behr Stain (previous owner, last done about 4 1/2 years ago) - pretty sure deck is pressure treated pine. The stain is coming up and woud like to clean/restain/fix. Have a read multiple threads on here, but unsure on level of effort required. If I plan on using another solid stain, how much of the exisiting stain do I have to remove before I restain to make it look good and last a couple of years. Spindles and post look OK (other than we really do not like the color) Some factors: 1) Military, so may move in a few (2-3 years) 2) if stay, may replace w/ a screened porch 3) woud it be smarter (cost, level of effort, etc to just replace the deck planks) Tried a little Behr 2 in 1 stripper on the rails - cleaned it really nice, but did not remove the stain. Would appreciate any thoughts before i put some serious sweat equity into this. I am handy around the house, but by no means a pro.