Don

Good day, I have been reading through the posts on here and there is a ton of information, it has been quite interesting. I have a new PT deck that I just had built and I am going to wait 3 months and then use an AC Semi trans stain on it. From what I have read I will still need to wash and brighten it afterward. I was wondering what you guys would recommend as either a pre-bought product or one I can mix up at home. I plan on re-staining every 2 years or so but I am not sure if I should clean and brighten it every year or just clean it. Thank you for any advice you guys and gals can give me. Don

Hi again Rod, so I bought a 25 degree green tip for the pressure washer and I washed the fence, it looked great but I guess I got a little to close since the cedar now looks a little hairy. I was not going to stain it because it is Cedar but if I sand it down a little to get rid of the hairs does that mean I have to stain? Also, would I still use 80 grit or is that just for preparing wood to be stained? Thank you again for all the help. Don

Thank you again for all this info Rod. One last question. Should I be rinsing with an oxalic Acid mixture after cleaning with the Sodium Percarbonate mixture? Don

Thank you Rod. The deck has a 6x8 at 4ft and a 16 x18 at about 2ft and Ottawa is pretty humid here in the summer. I had read on the AC stain website that they recommended waiting 3 months that is why I was not sure. So if I am going to stain it about a month after it was installed I just need to do a light scrub with Oxiclean correct? Then next season if I am not restaining it can I scrub and brighten it or should I just scrub it? The lower deck was sealed off with flashing to keep animals out but I am going to look into seeing if there are some kind of vents I could install that would allow air to flow under the deck and not let animals in. It is closed off with cut down vertical deck boards so it would probably have to be a circle shaped vent. Thank you for your assistance.