Cleaning a Wood Deck After Winter

Last spring we had our wooden deck stained a dark mahogany color. There were two reasons why we did this. The first theorize is that we wanted the deck to be a dissimilar color than it had been. The other theorize is that the deck needed safety from the elements. Even though the deck is made of pressure treated wood it still needed a good treatment with a water repellent deck stain.

Before the deck was treated last year, the undertaker of a package deal cleaned it with a suited 3000 psi pressure washer to take off a lot of the embedded dirt. It was fabulous how dissimilar the wood looked after it was fully cleaned. You could see a huge discrepancy when half the deck was cleaned compared to the other half that had not yet been done. After the whole deck was power washed it needed a few days to dry out. Luckily we had a few days of dry weather so it was ready to be stained. The large flat areas of the deck were done with a roller. The railing and other hard to reach areas were done with a brush.

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The stain that we used was oil based. This was at the hint of the undertaker of a package deal as well as the paint store manager. Both felt that the oil based products in case,granted better safety for the deck. The wood truly soaked in the stain, so much so that we need to buy an further two gallons since the undertaker of a package deal underestimated how much would be needed. The result was a beautiful even end on the deck. unavoidable areas that ended up getting a duplicate coat truly have a bit of a slick finish.

After this particularly harsh winter we wanted to take off some discoloration in some areas of the deck. This is a fairly base thing to do each spring. Many people have their decks, patios and fences power washed each spring. The pressure washer wand on our power washer allows us to use some dissimilar types of nozzles. We did not want to focus too much pressure on the wood since all we wanted to achieve was to take off some dirt and light staining left behind by the snow. The nozzle we used had a wider angle which equated to less pressure but more coverage for each pass.

The job only took about two hours and we were done. The deck looks as if we had just fulfilled, staining it. The hardest part of the job was removing all of the patio furniture and the grill and then having to return all of the pieces to their traditional position. This will become an every year practice for us since we truly want to sound the look of the deck. Of course, we also want to keep the wood in tip top shape.

Cleaning a Wood Deck After Winter

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