I preach to everyone to walk away from these darn things and then I get involved in not one, but two. Two small decks with a nasty rose colored solid latex on them. I normally turn these down because I know at best I could only remove 80% of the latex and that it just wouldn't come out right. But for some reason this just felt different, it was a referral and the homeowners are just a little old sweet couple that could easily afford my services. The old guy is really cool and insisted he didn't care how they turned out, he just wanted them a different color and would "make it worth my while". So I did a test spot and explained I couldn't get it all off without damaging the wood and that we would probably have to go with another solid. They were very labor intensive because I'm so picky, I just wanted every bit of the latex off. I used Timber Strip Pro, full strength at 30 minutes dwell time and 1000psi, each deck took me 3 hours. Here's the first deck up front.
I preach to everyone to walk away from these darn things and then I get involved in not one, but two. Two small decks with a nasty rose colored solid latex on them. I normally turn these down because I know at best I could only remove 80% of the latex and that it just wouldn't come out right. But for some reason this just felt different, it was a referral and the homeowners are just a little old sweet couple that could easily afford my services. The old guy is really cool and insisted he didn't care how they turned out, he just wanted them a different color and would "make it worth my while". So I did a test spot and explained I couldn't get it all off without damaging the wood and that we would probably have to go with another solid. They were very labor intensive because I'm so picky, I just wanted every bit of the latex off. I used Timber Strip Pro, full strength at 30 minutes dwell time and 1000psi, each deck took me 3 hours. Here's the first deck up front.
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