I can be a real idiot at times. We finished a large multi deck cedar job a while ago. The large rear deck had a huge, stainless steel grill, almost a portable kitchen, at the far end. This thing weighed a ton, too heavy to easily remove off of the wood.
As have done in the past, decided to work "around" it, ie: move it for stripping, brightening, and staining. Did not notice that this monster grill had hard casters about 2" in diameter instead of the normal larger wheels.
First picture shows the results of my inattention and my kids moving it around, after the first application of stain. I was horrified and was not quite sure what to do.
Fix was a fairly hard, 60 grit random orbital sanding of each complete cedar 5/4 x 6 deck board that was affected. Not a "spot" sanding, but a complete sanding. This removed some surface pigment and resin, as can be seen in the 2nd pic, if you look at the non sanded wood in the upper right corner.
This worked very well, as can be seen in the finished 3rd pic. There are still some faint wheel marks in a few places, but hardly noticeable.
It is always a crap shoot sanding cedar, but this time it worked out well.
I can be a real idiot at times. We finished a large multi deck cedar job a while ago. The large rear deck had a huge, stainless steel grill, almost a portable kitchen, at the far end. This thing weighed a ton, too heavy to easily remove off of the wood.
As have done in the past, decided to work "around" it, ie: move it for stripping, brightening, and staining. Did not notice that this monster grill had hard casters about 2" in diameter instead of the normal larger wheels.
First picture shows the results of my inattention and my kids moving it around, after the first application of stain. I was horrified and was not quite sure what to do.
Fix was a fairly hard, 60 grit random orbital sanding of each complete cedar 5/4 x 6 deck board that was affected. Not a "spot" sanding, but a complete sanding. This removed some surface pigment and resin, as can be seen in the 2nd pic, if you look at the non sanded wood in the upper right corner.
This worked very well, as can be seen in the finished 3rd pic. There are still some faint wheel marks in a few places, but hardly noticeable.
It is always a crap shoot sanding cedar, but this time it worked out well.
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