And all for under $400 labor and materials. Wow!!! Well thats what some home owners would have paid. Good job. :clap:
Looking good Adrian, I'm looking at getting into wood restoration. Only hold up is an Oregon CCB license & bond. Is that Ready Seal?
WOW. Is that the going rate in your area? I am able to sell decks up here for a decent price. Without having the actual sq ft of that deck, by looks my price would be in the 1500-1800 range depending on what stain was on it originally.
I love the Reds Henry. They are a really hard sell.
I am actually starting a fence this morning ( shadowbox ugh ) that I am going to try and get them to lean towards the Dark Red.Hopefully they neighbors will latch on as well. But they are hard to sell. Browns are easy Reds are hard. ...
... I heard in a frozen environment the RS gets pushed out of the wood. Something about the moisture expanding when it freezes and pushing the oil out. Not sure.
Someone may chime in on that one. ...
Hey guys, I am looking into it. I have decided to tackle my Moms as trial run, no charge for her, she just buys the supplies. So I stripped her cedar deck today with f18, then put on some oxalic. Looks great, needs some repairs so my little bro will do that tomorrow. I had her pick up some Armstrong clark today, and I will stain tomorrow. I should probably start a new thread for this, but her front porch has some sort of deck paint on it, f18 didn't touch it. What will get this crap off so I can stain it?!
Hey guys, I am looking into it. I have decided to tackle my Moms as trial run, no charge for her, she just buys the supplies. So I stripped her cedar deck today with f18, then put on some oxalic. Looks great, needs some repairs so my little bro will do that tomorrow. I had her pick up some Armstrong clark today, and I will stain tomorrow. I should probably start a new thread for this, but her front porch has some sort of deck paint on it, f18 didn't touch it. What will get this crap off so I can stain it?!
Hey guys, I am looking into it. I have decided to tackle my Moms as trial run, no charge for her, she just buys the supplies. So I stripped her cedar deck today with f18, then put on some oxalic. Looks great, needs some repairs so my little bro will do that tomorrow. I had her pick up some Armstrong clark today, and I will stain tomorrow. I should probably start a new thread for this, but her front porch has some sort of deck paint on it, f18 didn't touch it. What will get this crap off so I can stain it?!
Same here, I would wait another day Isaac. I get the painted decks every once in a while and I just do what Ken mentioned. If anything I can make it a two toned by sanding all of it off the floor boards but not the rails.
Adrian,
Wow, another contrast of the Texas market compared to NJ. Ready Seal medium red color has been my best seller, by far, for the past 8 years. PT, cedar, mahogany, ipe', it is just very popular here.
Adrian,
I'll second Henry's post above. As RS parafin oil is non drying and soaks down into the wood, this scenario would seem to have merit. But in practice, on hundreds of decks, I have never seen this or have ever had any calls or complaints from customers.
And we have a lot of freeze/thaw cycles here in the wintertime.