Ready Seal sanding?

[jnoden 15]

Im currently working on a al arge arylic mess. We finally finished the stripping and sanding and it looks great however.....

I stained about 8ft of railing and the brown is too dark for the customer. Can ready seal be sanded off or at least lightended a little? I have an osbourne brush on a polisher and I was going to try that but I wanted to get an opinion before I proceed.

[big mike 14]

The brown will lighten dramatically in a couple days to a week. Does the customer want a lighter shade of brown, or just a different color altogether?

[jnoden 15]

I intermixed light brown and dark brown 50/50 to get a med brown which is what the customer wants. The spindles are the round, lathed, fancy type. I think they may be cedar but im not sure anyway, the stain looks very dark on the spindles. I am going to intermix the 15 gallons I have intermixed with 5 gal of clear to get a more med color for the rest of the project. I know the color lightens some but it was even much darker than what I though it would be. I just want to try and blend the railing in with the lighter stain that I will be applying without power washing it again if possible.

[James 625]

The osborne with remove some of the color. Done it before.

[jnoden 15]

thanks james. thats what we are going to try if the wood ever dries around here. looks likes most of us are experiencing rain. thank goodness we have been able to use tux on a couple jobs.

[James 625]

Works on tux too.....