Stripped First deck and I have a few ?'s

[M Pearlstein 14]

Okay so pics to follow since my camera ran out of batteries and I need to go back tomorrow to finish up.

Questions:

1. when do you neutralize after stripping the whole deck or do you strip and neutralize in sections?

2. After Is tripped my first section the next section had some wet boards from the washdown. When I went to do the 2nd section those wet boards reacted differntly. Is this normal or was it because I was not using a top notch stripper (HD 80 is en route but I had to get this job done).

3. De-furring - Can I do this tomorrow or do I need to wait for the wood to dry for several days?

Thanks in advance

[reed 500]

You usually can defurr the next day. Wood should be dry enough for defurring, but not for staining. what you have experienced with some wood being wet after stripping a section is normal. Don't worry about it. Also, you can brighten/neutralize after the entire deck is finished, but I do a final rinse before the brightener just to make sure all the wood is wet.

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