Old deck, help!!
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Old deck, help!!
Marksr or any knowledgeable folk,
I'm looking to redo a badly chipping painted deck. I will post pics tomorrow. We wanted to strip completely and do a natural stain, but I'm not sure how realistic
that is given the condition and layers of paint and now we are probably moving
soon so I just want to get to a good surface and repaint. This is all new to me
and I'm not afraid to work but have no diy/handyman experience. Feel free to
take it from the top and talk to me like a child. Thanks in advance, all feed back is welcome. As said, will post pics in the am.
Thanks.
I'm looking to redo a badly chipping painted deck. I will post pics tomorrow. We wanted to strip completely and do a natural stain, but I'm not sure how realistic
that is given the condition and layers of paint and now we are probably moving
soon so I just want to get to a good surface and repaint. This is all new to me
and I'm not afraid to work but have no diy/handyman experience. Feel free to
take it from the top and talk to me like a child. Thanks in advance, all feed back is welcome. As said, will post pics in the am.
Thanks.
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Pics should help
I doubt it will be feasible to do a natural stain. After removing the paint/stain, you'd then need to sand down to clean wood..... and all the nails/screws will tear up the sandpaper in short order.
I'd scrape and clean the deck and see what it looks like. Are you sure it's paint? or could it be a solid stain? Do you know what type of wood it is? Depending on how it cleans up you'll probably need to use a solid stain although a semi-transparent might be possible.
Pics should help
I doubt it will be feasible to do a natural stain. After removing the paint/stain, you'd then need to sand down to clean wood..... and all the nails/screws will tear up the sandpaper in short order.
I'd scrape and clean the deck and see what it looks like. Are you sure it's paint? or could it be a solid stain? Do you know what type of wood it is? Depending on how it cleans up you'll probably need to use a solid stain although a semi-transparent might be possible.