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When it comes to choosing what brand of stain to use for your deck, there are countless options. Even before choosing the brand, you will need to determine where to start your search? The box stores or your local hardware store are common starting points however the internet is the most common. Let's back up even further, let's determine if you really want to do your deck maintenance yourself or if you want to hire a professional to do the work for you. A cost benefit analysis should be performed in order to determine if the benefits of using a professional outweigh the costs. The average deck will take 3-6 hours for a home owner to power wash a deck (that is assuming they own a power washer). If a rental is needed, there is the additional time with driving to the store, purchasing the rental and then also returning it. After the cleaning is completed, the deck needs to dry. This will mean week nights or waiting until the next weekend. When the deck/wood has dried, the decision making needs to take place for which stain product to use. Unfortunately the help you will get at a store with your questions are limited. How many decks do you think the employee behind the counter has completed? So when they answer your questions, how much experience is behind those answers. At a minimum call a couple deck contractors and get their opinion. If you are up front and honest, a true professional would be happy to provide their opinion on what you should do if you are tackling your own deck staining. Bright Services - 215-357-3058 www.BrightDeckandRoof.com

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Hello everyone, the attached image is of a deck that i will be working on this summer. I would like to know what you guys would recommend for the best restoring process to go with? -Should i strip the whole deck? if yes, what kind of stripper? -Should i use a wood brightener? if yes, what brighteners work best? Any help, tips, or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Paul http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/pavelbondarenko/IMG_3302.jpg

Hey everyone, Its been a really long time since ive been around here since everything that was going on with my family, Since then business has started to pick up, and Landon has been doing wonderfully, I wanted to share some pictures, of a deck restoration we just finished up. I have to say this was one of the most difficult and tricky decks we have done, there was a ton of detail work, and being that we were over water their were alot of eviromental procedures we had to follow. But in the end it came out great, and I just wanted to share. We used Ready Seal Dark Red 030. Hope Everyone is doing well John Before Pics below

Yes, I do actually work. Last deck of the season so I did this one myself. Cedar rails and trim received Armstrong Clark cedar semi trans and the floor got stained with a good batch of WoodZotic. Some close-ups.. the first one was still very wet.