Here is what the final color loks like and how the water beads up on the oil based stain.
Water beads up on the newly stained deck.The cedartone stain gives a rich appearance to the deck surface. Unfortunately, when I started I thought to do just the surface and so didn't use the deck wash on the rails and balusters. Now I can see that they need to be cleaned and stained as well. This will require some care in shielding the deck surface from overspray. Don't want to have to do the surface again!
Front Deck after staining.
Side Deck after staining.The stain is from Olympic and was chosen because of its color as well as the reputation of the company. I'd take the whole "5 Year" thing with a huge grain of salt, however. I last applied the same stain almost 3 years ago and, between the ice, snow, rain and strong sunlight the deck is exposed to (sometimes all in the same day!); plus the birds, squirrels, bears and raccoons the deck certainly needed a new coat.
The stain I used on the deck.I'll be starting on the rails and balusters as soon as I can get some wash and rig up a protective shield. (And after I take the kitties' to the vet and cut the grass.)
5 comments:
It looks beautiful! All the work and the stain too!!!
It does look good. But what are you going to do with all your spare time?
Well, let's see, Rev. There's all those balusters and rails to do yet while trying not to screw-up the already done surfaces.
Grass to cut since the damn ground hog seems to have vacated his dwellings.
Packing to do for a little trip that'll start in mid-June.
Not much to do at all.
You have a magnificent deck - what a nice large size! Good job on the staining. We have to stain ours soon....not looking forward to it!
Those are the prettiest photos of a stained deck I have ever seen. Good job...on the deck and the photos.
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