A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to various
remodeling projects had become a real mess. I had stained the deck two years
earlier with a Home Depot latex stain. Anyway I washed it down to the bare
treated wood figuring I would just stain it again and it'd look like new.
Wrong. I was so impressed at how "clean it was gitting that I didn't realize
my Little Honda washer was basically chiseling a fine layer of the wood off
the top. Now the surface, however clean, is barely a bit smoother than rough
cut lumber. (Okay, I'm an idiot.) I am in North GA where we use this large
covered deck almost year round and this surface is horrible for barefoot
runs to the hottub. The decking is probably ten years old and it has always
been covered. Here's my idea: Could I rent one of those big walk behind
sanders from HD and sand the boards smooth again.? If used them to resurface
floors inside before but never treated deck wood. Has anyone done this? Any
suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

Jamie wrote:

A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to various
remodeling projects had become a real mess. I had stained the deck two years
earlier with a Home Depot latex stain. Anyway I washed it down to the bare
treated wood figuring I would just stain it again and it'd look like new.
Wrong. I was so impressed at how "clean it was gitting that I didn't realize
my Little Honda washer was basically chiseling a fine layer of the wood off
the top. Now the surface, however clean, is barely a bit smoother than rough
cut lumber. (Okay, I'm an idiot.) I am in North GA where we use this large
covered deck almost year round and this surface is horrible for barefoot
runs to the hottub. The decking is probably ten years old and it has always
been covered. Here's my idea: Could I rent one of those big walk behind
sanders from HD and sand the boards smooth again.? If used them to resurface
floors inside before but never treated deck wood. Has anyone done this? Any
suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.


You might be able to burn the "fuzzies" off with a torch without
charring the wood. A resident pressure washed our dock, raised a lot of
grain, but I think it just wore off. No sanding has been done.

Jamie wrote:
A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to
various remodeling projects had become a real mess. I had stained
the deck two years earlier with a Home Depot latex stain. Anyway I
washed it down to the bare treated wood figuring I would just stain
it again and it'd look like new. Wrong. I was so impressed at how
"clean it was gitting that I didn't realize my Little Honda washer
was basically chiseling a fine layer of the wood off the top. Now
the surface, however clean, is barely a bit smoother than rough cut
lumber. (Okay, I'm an idiot.) I am in North GA where we use this
large covered deck almost year round and this surface is horrible
for barefoot runs to the hottub. The decking is probably ten years
old and it has always been covered. Here's my idea: Could I rent
one of those big walk behind sanders from HD and sand the boards
smooth again.? If used them to resurface floors inside before but
never treated deck wood. Has anyone done this? Any suggestions
would be welcome. Thanks.

And what of the nails? Not to mention nasty, chemical laden sanding
dust.

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call a rental tool place
see if anyone rents a "square buff sander"
Its a random orbit floor sander ,large and heavy
we use them all the time on decks here in Maine
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Jamie wrote:
A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to
various remodeling projects had become a real mess. I had stained
the deck two years earlier with a Home Depot latex stain. Anyway I
washed it down to the bare treated wood figuring I would just stain
it again and it'd look like new. Wrong. I was so impressed at how
"clean it was gitting that I didn't realize my Little Honda washer
was basically chiseling a fine layer of the wood off the top. Now
the surface, however clean, is barely a bit smoother than rough cut
lumber. (Okay, I'm an idiot.) I am in North GA where we use this
large covered deck almost year round and this surface is horrible
for barefoot runs to the hottub. The decking is probably ten years
old and it has always been covered. Here's my idea: Could I rent
one of those big walk behind sanders from HD and sand the boards
smooth again.? If used them to resurface floors inside before but
never treated deck wood. Has anyone done this? Any suggestions
would be welcome. Thanks.

And what of the nails? Not to mention nasty, chemical laden sanding
dust.

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absolutely you can sand it like new again although it may be rough on the
sander



"Jamie" wrote in message
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A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to various
remodeling projects had become a real mess.

Is the deck CCA treated ,it probably is, read up on dangers of breathing
cca sanding dust.

Jamie wrote:
A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to various
remodeling projects had become a real mess.Could I rent one of those big walk behind
sanders from HD and sand the boards smooth again.? If used them to resurface
floors inside before but never treated deck wood. Has anyone done this? Any
suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

I would not be willing to sand any pressure treated wood.

North Georgia....self proclaimed idiot. I'm starting to get the picture
"Jamie" wrote in message
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A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to various
remodeling projects had become a real mess. I had stained the deck two
years earlier with a Home Depot latex stain. Anyway I washed it down to the
bare treated wood figuring I would just stain it again and it'd look like
new. Wrong. I was so impressed at how "clean it was gitting that I didn't
realize my Little Honda washer was basically chiseling a fine layer of the
wood off the top. Now the surface, however clean, is barely a bit smoother
than rough cut lumber. (Okay, I'm an idiot.) I am in North GA where we use
this large covered deck almost year round and this surface is horrible for
barefoot runs to the hottub. The decking is probably ten years old and it
has always been covered. Here's my idea: Could I rent one of those big walk
behind sanders from HD and sand the boards smooth again.? If used them to
resurface floors inside before but never treated deck wood. Has anyone done
this? Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

Jamie wrote:
A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to various
remodeling projects had become a real mess. I had stained the deck two years
earlier with a Home Depot latex stain. Anyway I washed it down to the bare
treated wood figuring I would just stain it again and it'd look like new.
Wrong. I was so impressed at how "clean it was gitting that I didn't realize
my Little Honda washer was basically chiseling a fine layer of the wood off
the top. Now the surface, however clean, is barely a bit smoother than rough
cut lumber. (Okay, I'm an idiot.) I am in North GA where we use this large
covered deck almost year round and this surface is horrible for barefoot
runs to the hottub. The decking is probably ten years old and it has always
been covered. Here's my idea: Could I rent one of those big walk behind
sanders from HD and sand the boards smooth again.? If used them to resurface
floors inside before but never treated deck wood. Has anyone done this? Any
suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

Unscrew the boards and flip them over. While you've got them off,
treat them with CPES:

http://www.rotdoctor.com/L/HouseL/hQA079.html

as DaDio said, what about the chemical laden sanding dust

you have pressure treated wood, which means it is treated with arsnic
to prevent rot by killing anything that trys to grow on it. sanding it
will rais poisonous dust into the air, it sholdn't have a high enough
concentration to kill someone, but you won't have a buch of people
chearing your name either.

we have a ceder deck and i did the same thing a few years back, basicly
the grain dropped back down after staing or wore off over the next
year.

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dadiOH wrote:
Jamie wrote:
A few weeks ago I was pressure washing my back deck which, due to
various remodeling projects had become a real mess. I had stained
the deck two years earlier with a Home Depot latex stain. Anyway I
washed it down to the bare treated wood figuring I would just stain
it again and it'd look like new. Wrong. I was so impressed at how
"clean it was gitting that I didn't realize my Little Honda washer
was basically chiseling a fine layer of the wood off the top. Now
the surface, however clean, is barely a bit smoother than rough cut
lumber. (Okay, I'm an idiot.) I am in North GA where we use this
large covered deck almost year round and this surface is horrible
for barefoot runs to the hottub. The decking is probably ten years
old and it has always been covered. Here's my idea: Could I rent
one of those big walk behind sanders from HD and sand the boards
smooth again.? If used them to resurface floors inside before but
never treated deck wood. Has anyone done this? Any suggestions
would be welcome. Thanks.

And what of the nails? Not to mention nasty, chemical laden sanding
dust.

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dadiOH
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