Surface cleaners for cleaning desck?

[cwenbass 14]

Do you guys use surface cleaners for decks or will they mess the deck up or leave marks when it is time for staining or sealing?

Thanks

[Celeste 341]

It is doable - but only if you are really really comfortable with your surfacer and know the proper tips. We didn't do it until quite a few years under the belt and only on really tremendous projects.

Here's a photo of IPE which is tougher than regular PT that was damaged by a surface cleaner :mad:

We had to fix that mess!

[Pat Norman 18]

NO NO NO, please in the name of our profession do not do this! Mine with its' current nozzles would destroy a deck. You want to use the proper chems to do such a good job cleaning that you can use a wide fan 40 degree nozzle with a large enough orifice that your pressure will drop to around 1000 psi and keep your nozzle about 6 or 8 inches from the wood. When you start, start at one end of a board, hold the trigger gun open the whole time and walk the whole board holding the tip at the same angle and distance. Otherwise you will create wand marks in the wood. Do your research before starting on wood. Here is one good stripper you can try, remember you'll also need to neutralize/brighten. The original F-18 Max works well to remove oil based sealers with the least amount furring and darkening of wood. Also works great on concrete! Buy 1 extra box and save $10.00 Buy 2 and save $20.00 - CHEMICALS HOUSE WASH / GUTTER / WOOD CARE / MULTI- Use F-8 to neutralize & brighten wood after the use of alkaline based strippers & cleaners. It can also be used to remove mild rust stains from concrete, vinyl siding and others surfaces caused by irrigation. F-8 is sold in 10 lb packages. - CHEMICAL

[RSuds 24]

We have done it on really large decks but yes you need to know what you are doing. You must lift up and go fast at the ends and do not go sideways.

[Guy B 70]

We have done it on really large decks but yes you need to know what you are doing. You must lift up and go fast at the ends and do not go sideways.

Roger That! That's the way we do it too.

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