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Tonight 9 to 10 pm....On the history channel....Moderen marvells is showing a great show on lumber...Hurry fellas, check it out... Stephen Andrews Power Washing

I read in a recent thread here that wood is being treated with parrafin at the manufacturing end...Is it possible that this black stuff is underneath a coat of parrafin?......... Stephen Andrews Power Washing

My attitude is that the customer is always (usually) right...lol........If a customer wants a re-application of a solid stain and the deck is in pretty good shape then a re-application is what they will get...Otherwise I will advise them of other options....I would never advise to strip a sound surface for the sake of stripping though......I would also have to double (at least) the price to the customer and that just wouldn't seem ethical to me, not to mention, I may not get thier business.........Case in point: Last year I stained a very large deck with a Cabots solid color stain...It was a two-toned look with the deck and handrails a light creamy brown and the spindles white....The customer loved the end result and recommended me to their next door neighbor this year......It is a very large Mahogany deck which has a Penofin finish on it..........Had I of gone against the customers wishes and advised a very expensive strip, I may not have gotten the job............And the recommendation to this years customer would not have been given........I prefer to be flexible with a customer when the situation calls for it....There is no place for stubbornness when it comes to my clients......... Stephen Andrews Power Washing

Why would anyone want to strip a solid colored stain if the deck is getting another coat of solid stain?....I would have cleaned the deck, spot primed, and simply reapplied with more stain....If the new color was to be much lighter then I would have simply gone with two coats......I do not see the need to strip a deck unless the customer was going to go with the natural look.........In that case, I would have turned down the work.......Stripping for the sake of stripping makes no sense to me...............Am I missing something here fellas?...........Shoot, yesterday I finished a job that called for a semi transparent (Sherwin Williams Deckscapes acrylic latex) stain over a previously stained finish....It was also SW and it was oil......There were multiple coats on the deck....The screened in deck was nearly pristine and the adjacent (exposed) deck was in bad shape with loads of splinters.....They both came out beaufilully....And that was a semi-trans.............A solid would have looked even better...................Again, why all the stripping?....... Stephen Andrews Power Washing

Your right Rick....a SOUR (stupid or utterly ridiculous) lemon at that........Well, of to work we go......... Stephen Andrews Power Washing

Better known as ROOA.......A redundant oxymoronic onomatopoeic acronistic acronym.......lol...........No fair, your wifes a school teacher........lol Stephen Andrews Power Washing

So if we're taking about stains, then "clear junk" would be a two word redundant oxymoron............How about CLUNK as a redundant oxymoronic acronym?..........lol Stephen Andrews Power Washing

I got called back to wipe off a miniscule bit of dried soap from a house wash....No problem.....A quick swipe with a damp cloth.........While I was there she has me picking pink petals from an apple blossom tree off the house because she couldn't reach them..I was glad to help.....Her husband showed up and rolled his eyes and smiled at me......."She's like this every day"............ Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

I do not use WTW so I am nothing more then an interested observer...My only take is that Russell should be an active (very) player in this thread....Seems to me he owes it to you all who use WTW to give an explanation/clarification.... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

There are a couple boards on the deck that are being replaced due to rot at the ends...My guess is the deck is a pretty old one...The owners are retirement age and have probably lived there for 30-40 years...I want to put Medium Red on this baby and I have none in stock (only Light Brown)....I might as well just go with the RO on it.....Owner is paying for materials anyway............ Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Rick, Great pics of RO in action..It surely helped to see the end results.. Tracy, I'll be in touch shortly to order 10 gals of RO medium red..... Thanks all for your help Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Add some visual wording like.. "Stunning results"..."Picture perfect quaulity"..."Friendly, knowledgable professionals"......Also let them know you have lots of..."References, references, refrences".....Plus you are prompt..."Same day call back guaranteed"....... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Is Penofin considered a penetrant or a film former?....My guess is a penetrant.....The deck showed no signs of chipping or cracking..It gets direct sun all day.....The verticals (lattice only, the rails are white vinyl) on one side are in good shape and the lattice is almost perfect as you go around the corner. It's completely out of the sun and it looks nearly brand new with a nice sheen to it.....The customer said that the deck when newly finished looks like the deck of a boat...I think the best thing to do is go and do the bleach test as Jim suggests and while I'm there try a strip test if needed............If it's what Jim suggests then I can save the customer a lot of money and still make a G for the day...... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

I cannot remove this stuff from a customers deck..It is 3 years old and in great condition on the verticals but is wearing and cracking on the horizontals....I tried HD-80 full strenght and let dwell for 45 minutes and nothing happened...The customer is desperate to get this off and will replace the decking if I can't help them....I need something that is garuanteed to remove it......This "Extreme" is one tuff sealer...... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Rick P....Your welcome to it.....lol Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Ken.....Which is faded, the deck or the WTW?.......How does the wood underneath the WTW look?............. Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Looks like I'll pass on this job....I'm not into self torture and/or wasted time and lab project experimentation.......Lets close the book on this one..........Thanks all Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Paul..Is that a wash and seal or a strip and seal?...What are you using?...Is that fortress Cedar?....

I'm right there with you Rick...Another Jersey boy...3 days off is good for the soul....That being said, I'm working tomorrow and Monday....Don't want to, but I made my "scheduling bed"....Now I have to lay in it......Have a cold Heiny on me..... Stephen Andrews Power Washing

Don't know how...I tried compressing them...How do I resize?........ Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

I have the photos but can't get them to post..... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

I have photos (camera is in my van) and will post tomorrow.........Tonight I go to see Roger Waters in concert at the Continental Arena (NJ Nets home).............Yippee... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Thank you Beth...I love visuals...Tomorrow I will take some pics of the deck..I will post them here (if I remember)..lol......I want your take on the proper type and color of WT to use.......Wouldn't WTW draw the tannins to the surface and make the Redwood to dark?............... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Thanks Sane.....I guess Redwood decks are a rarity in the east..My customer couldn't get replacement boards when he did a repair a few years ago and put down a ptp board to replace an old one...I'm suprised no one has much experience with it here in the east...I want to do a super job with this deck....This fella belongs to an elite country club up here and I want my name to get around.....I'll do a test with RS before I procede..Hopefully RS won't darken it...The RS blend made for Redwwod seems like a possible PITA...I'm concerned about Lapping, and an uneven finish........ Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance

Rick, Speaking of brighteners on woods, I have a strip and seal on a fairly large Redwood deck coming up...I did a test strip and citrolic brightening on a run of board on the customers deck....It looked beautiful....My question is, Do you think Readyseal light brown will look good on it? I also understand that it may end up darkening the wood too much because of the tannins in the wood... Stephen Andrews Power Washing Home & Property Care & Maintenance