I have a fairly large 20 year old cedar deck which I have cleaned and
resealed religiously every 2 years for the past 6 years that I have
owned the house. I use a wood cleaner/brightener and deck scrubber (a
stiff bristle brush on a pole) to clean it... which easily takes 12 to
15 hours over the course of 3 days (after work) to complete to my
satisfaction before resealing it. This becomes more and more of a
task as I get older. I don't mind the blisters on top of blisters
(yeh, I do wear gloves), but the sore back and arms slay me. I do not
believe in using a pressure washer. There has got to be an easier
method to scrubbing a deck. Has anyone tried using an electric
compact walk-behind cylindrical floor scrubber with the nylon counter-
rotating brushes (not a rotating disc)? They are advertised as being
able to scrub any surface, but usually list tile & grout, brick,
cement, hardwood, rubber, carpet, etc. I haven't seen these being
associated with scrubbing decks, but I'm wondering why not?