On 28 Sep, 09:25, ransley wrote:
On Sep 28, 5:33 am, Phisherman wrote:





On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:54:59 -0500, Scott wrote:
I pressure washed a sample area of my 3-year old "grayed" cedar deck. It looks
like it'll be too easy to damage the wood. After my previous post about pressure
washing, I heard some excellent ideas. Now after more research, I've narrowed my
choices to:

1. Rent a good power sander, sand off the gray film, and re-stain.

2. Use DEFY wood care products to clean, brighten, and re-stain (Cedar Tone).
Lots of labor.

Any thoughts on which would be the most effective?

Note: A year and a half ago, I had the deck cleaned by a pro, and then I stained
with Sikkens Cetol SRD (Cedar color). After one year, the deck floor and top rails
grayed badly. The verticals look good as new.

I love my deck and the natural cedar color.

Thanks!
Scott

Make any necessary repairs, remove any debris. Clean and apply more
stain. You may only need to stain the flat surfaces and let the
vertical surface alone (that's what I did). A good quality stain
should last 2-4 years. All wood eventually grays.- Hide quoted text -

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Oxicilic Acid is the main ingrediant in several cleaners and will
remove grey. Sherwin williams sells a good cleaner or Oxcilic acid.
Restain it before it goes grey and double coat it.- Hide quoted text -

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What is the toxicity of cleaners made with Oxicilic Acid?

I have a raised deck with a dirt floored - open storage area
underneath - ladders, gardening equipment, etc. Obviously I would
remove everything before cleaning the deck, but what about the runoff
and absorbtion into the soil. Would I be creating a toxic storage area
that should be avaoied for some length of time after the cleaning?