OK maybe a lot of help!! I have a customer who has a 15 year old cedar deck. He has been putting semi transparent over it for the last 8 years. From what he told me, he has 2 coats of cwf on it and did a coat of olympic maximum last year. (the can says semi trans and has the 5 to 7 yr symbol on it) It almost appears that there is a solid on some of it, I guess due to improper prep work (no prep work) in between coats. He pulled out a pressure washer in between one of the coats, but did that to only about half of the deck. I don't know what the previous owner had put on it, but he said that when he moved in 8 yrs ago that it was treated with something, and this guy just asumed that putting a coat of something on it every 2 years was the way to go. Anyway the deck is several different shades of color and looks in pretty rough shape. I told him trying to strip and sand it would be the best bet. He didn't want to do any stripping, I guess due to the landscape, (stone steps, and patio under deck) and the pool right below the deck freshly painted stucco house. He also has the gutter roof system under the deck. He just wants to "paint it". I didn't lie and told him that I would have to look into a solid stain for him, and didn't know if that would work with the multiple coats he has on it now. I would love to just run from this one ,but this is a friend of a family member who gets me a lot of work. Would a solid stay on the wood, or will it just peel off due to the layers of stain already on the deck? I would think that some stripping would be necessary even with a solid. I have read a little bit on cabot's problem solver primer, but from my understanding that needs to penetrate the wood, which it won't be able to do on this deck, because there is still several other sealers present. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
OK maybe a lot of help!! I have a customer who has a 15 year old cedar deck. He has been putting semi transparent over it for the last 8 years. From what he told me, he has 2 coats of cwf on it and did a coat of olympic maximum last year. (the can says semi trans and has the 5 to 7 yr symbol on it) It almost appears that there is a solid on some of it, I guess due to improper prep work (no prep work) in between coats. He pulled out a pressure washer in between one of the coats, but did that to only about half of the deck. I don't know what the previous owner had put on it, but he said that when he moved in 8 yrs ago that it was treated with something, and this guy just asumed that putting a coat of something on it every 2 years was the way to go. Anyway the deck is several different shades of color and looks in pretty rough shape. I told him trying to strip and sand it would be the best bet. He didn't want to do any stripping, I guess due to the landscape, (stone steps, and patio under deck) and the pool right below the deck freshly painted stucco house. He also has the gutter roof system under the deck. He just wants to "paint it". I didn't lie and told him that I would have to look into a solid stain for him, and didn't know if that would work with the multiple coats he has on it now. I would love to just run from this one ,but this is a friend of a family member who gets me a lot of work. Would a solid stay on the wood, or will it just peel off due to the layers of stain already on the deck? I would think that some stripping would be necessary even with a solid. I have read a little bit on cabot's problem solver primer, but from my understanding that needs to penetrate the wood, which it won't be able to do on this deck, because there is still several other sealers present. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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