First wood-tux job

[plainpainter 217]

So here are some pics of a woodtux job I did - the wood had heavy applications of CWF - which I stripped with my own stripper that I make.

Then neutralised with 1 part floods Deckswood and 4 parts water. Then rinsed a million times. I did this on a rainy day - so the decking part probably didn't get as stripped as well as I liked - I did two applications of stripper - I think the decking had a solid oil black stain on it. After when It dried a few days later- I went around and did some sanding mostly the decking with 40 grit on my really powerful portercable sander. I read on the sikkens website that they want you to sand the decking with 60 or 80 grit after a deck has been cleaned - and I am starting to think this is a really good idea. Everything was hand brushed with a 2-1/2 purdy china bristle. The stain is very shiny!

[plainpainter 217]

some more

[plainpainter 217]

Here are some of the rear deck. This is Warm Honey Gold btw.

[seymore 90]

That front steps and rail looks great Dan but what's up with the back deck floor?

Are the dark spots from old sealer that couldn't be removed ?

[plainpainter 217]

Yeah - at first I thought because it rained that my stripper got diluted. But remember I had also sanded the entrance porch and put down a coat of that grey oil based porch and floor paint and noticed that when some paint flaked off - that there was a solid coating of black solid oil stain. After the deck dried a few days later I went over that back decking about 6 times with my portercable sander with 40 grit - and it could barely make a dent in it. I am including another pic, you can see the steps and how I managed to sand some of it off - but that's where I stopped, it was just too deep into the wood.

[plainpainter 217]

just remember - that decking was Black!

[seymore 90]

WOW i see what you mean that's pretty black alright! It might have been better to flip the boards since they are square?

The good thing it's the back porch huh :D

[seymore 90]

nevermind i see the boards were notched in the raillibng post you coudn't flip those.

[PressurePros 248]

Very nice Mr Painter.. Try the HD-80 next time you get a strip like that. Then again, your stripper may have bee fine but the rain diluted it before it could do its thing. I think the project turned out beautifully.