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**StainlessDeal** · **Ever Hear The One... -** Jul 19th, 06, 08:29 PM

About the Cobbler's shoes? Here is the condition of my own deck. I bought this home a year ago in June, and haven't fixed this until now. Shakes and deck had unknown products on them, totally failed, lichens and mildew, bad uv damage, abrasion, just worn.

**PressurePros** · Jul 19th, 06, 08:32 PM

**StainlessDeal** · **More Before -** Jul 19th, 06, 08:34 PM

Thought this was mostly a pine deck. Liked the design, hated the finish.

**StainlessDeal** · **Here We Are... -** Jul 19th, 06, 08:38 PM

Fret you not, Mr. Fenner. I'm trying to learn!

The steps:

**StainlessDeal** · **Getting There: -** Jul 19th, 06, 08:44 PM

The general aspect:

**StainlessDeal** · **Much Better, I Hope! -** Jul 19th, 06, 08:47 PM

The floor improving:

**StainlessDeal** · **Triple-Tone? -** Jul 19th, 06, 08:54 PM

Wanted a challenge, got one! Decided to do something unusual. Ready-Seal Natural Ceadar on the one-by balusters and the 2x4's quadrasecting the deck. Dark Red on the rails and 1/2 of the deck, Dark Brown on the other half.

The lattice is Natural Cedar, the frame is Dark Brown.

**StainlessDeal** · **Shakes Improving: -** Jul 19th, 06, 09:08 PM

Didn't want to tear these all down and replace them just yet, so I experimented with the BDA method. It helped, but the old finish still required stripping and brightning.

I didn't get a good after of the post BDA Method.

**PressurePros** · Jul 19th, 06, 09:08 PM

**StainlessDeal** · **Kewl Floor! -** Jul 19th, 06, 09:19 PM

My wife loves the floor. I do too, but I need to work on one corner, the Dark Brown got rained on about an hour after the initial application, before I cut-in the masked area. Then the weather continued to suck for days before I could get back to it.

It seems to have made an absorption differntial that shows. I wish I had photographed the interim look. It was blotchy and light with spots of pigment. That is the lighter area in the photos.

These pics are the stairs from above.

**StainlessDeal** · **More Floor -** Jul 19th, 06, 09:30 PM

Thanks, Ken! The whole thing turned out to be cedar. That's the norm around here, the existing finish is still unknown, but required only a modicum of stripping after a BDA lichen-removal.

Used my trusty backpack and back-rolled. A lot of brushwork on the cracks and detail areas.

Minor felt here and there and some remnant sealer was removed with 60 grit and dental equipment. LOL

Another floor pic (my pride shows) and a photo of me in 100 degree heat and the resultant ppe.

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