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Old 04-30-2009, 10:42 PM   #1
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Here is a Collegeville Deck Washing I performed yesterday. It was a latex clean/strip/pH balance job. As soon as the weather permits I have this one and a few more to add the Armstrong-Clark Stain to. More pics to come.
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Old 04-30-2009, 11:07 PM   #2
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Looks great man. Can't see any powerwashing marks at all!
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Looks great man. Can't see any powerwashing marks at all!
Thanks, Thats tough when dealing with latex coatings.
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Nice, no wand marks. It looks dark tho, were the pics taken before you neutralized it?
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Nice, no wand marks. It looks dark tho, were the pics taken before you neutralized it?

Yes, we were on the way out to the next estimate, so
I told my Wife we will take some pics before we start the stain, whenever the rain stops...If it does...
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So how/what do you neutralize with before you stain?
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So how/what do you neutralize with before you stain?

#80 Brightnener from ACR Products

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F-8 From Pressure Tek

Or
Wood Britener (Neutralizer / Brightener) From SunBrite

Some like OX some like Citric It depends on your preference
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#80 Brightnener from ACR Products
Or F-8 From Pressure Tek
Or Wood Britener (Neutralizer / Brightener) From SunBrite
Some like OX some like Citric It depends on your preference
Why are you going back to wet the deck again is what I don't understand? A quick spray of Oxalic before you left...
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Why are you going back to wet the deck again is what I don't understand? A quick spray of Oxalic before you left...
No, what I was showing was the product choices you can use. The brightener/pH balancer(everyone calls it different) is applied and rinsed quickly. It does not have to dwell that long on the deck before rinsing off.

So what I do is:
Clean
Strip
Rinse
pH Balance
Rinse

48 hours of dry weather later
Stain Semi Trans Oil
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It looks to be about 500sqft of deck???

Nice work. Looking forward to the pictures that follow.

I bid on a stain only deck of about 400sqft today. Cedar, newly built about 2 weeks ago. Love Decks!

Landed a Deck restoration, much like what you got here a couple days ago. Gunna give Cabot's a try on this one. It's more closer to 300sqft with railing. Had that ungodly product called Behr on it... peeled right up in less than 2 years.

I wouldn't mind if my whole summer was booked with Decks. I don't mind Res repaints, but for some reason restoring decks is much more satisfying...
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