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CO2Solutions · 06-16-2008, 08:12 PM

Hey all,
What would be the best solution to pre wash the cedar home prior to staining. The current stain on there now (which is pretty much pealed off ) is sekkens (spelling?). This is my first one like this, it's actually my in-laws home...free labor...lol...might be a few beers in it for me.

Thanks,

Giftcard · 06-17-2008, 08:15 AM

Best method http://www.surfacetekinc.com/corn.htm

tom connelly · 06-18-2008, 11:57 AM

esi. Extreme Solutions could help you out.
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CO2Solutions · 06-18-2008, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giftcard

Best method http://www.surfacetekinc.com/corn.htm

Yeah, I actually went to a demo for a multi media unit a couple weeks ago - the demo was with corn cob blasting a cedar home. It worked really well, very impressive - messy, but did the job. I've thought about adding the media blasted to the business but been doing other things at the moment.

I was going to just pressure wash due to not having access to a corn cob blasting unit.

thx

abm2958 · 06-18-2008, 09:13 PM

Stripper rinsed with low pressure followed by brightener.

tom connelly · 06-29-2008, 04:10 PM

Extreme Solutions makes excellent products. There stripper is called HD-80 and there brightener is called Citralic.

EaCo Chem also makes excellent detergents although they specialize more in masonry than wood. They have a great stripper called LCS and a brightener called Britenol. They put a lot of thought into their products.

I prefer Citralic as a brightener. Although it is more harsh a chemical than Britenol and must be handled and applied with care.

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