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Started on this monster this week. Pretty old PT SYP deck, with a failing Cabot's solid oil stain. We removed all 357 spindles as they never strip well, and will be dipping the new ones in Ready Seal medium red and installing.

An easy strip with ACR 760 NaOH, ACR 633ADD additive, and ACR "Booster", which is a thickener/foamer/wetting agent. All chems mixed at 8 oz./gallon. Citric acid brightener was applied at 6 oz./gallon.

As is usual, still had some spot sanding to do, especially on the fascia where the old spindles dripped and around the edge of the deck floor underneath the balustrade. The nice thing about removing the spindles is that all wood is accessible and easy to sand.

Weather permitting, we will begin staining tomorrow. This job will take at least 30 gallons of Ready Seal, with two heavy applications into the horizontal wood.

Peirce of Ready Seal, and Tom of ACR Products love these big ones!