If you ever have to tackle a project like this again, for the sanding rent yourself a Clarke floor sander with an 18"x12" base. Essentially covers two full deck boards with each pass. You can use the palm sanders and belt sander to touch up areas after that. Just would save you lots of time. I have a couple of those machines for my deck restoration business up in Ontario, Canada and they are amazing. I always enjoy watching these videos to see how others tackle deck restorations. And of course you gotta love when the random rain shows up outta nowhere. Great transformation.

I'm almost half way sanding my deck and seeing your work and end result just gave me the energy to get back out there and get it done !

I haven't watched the video yet, but I can already tell how beautiful it is!!!!!! I love it! 😍

You can try to flip the deckboards when is no other solution. I do with mine , I took up every single board, flip it ,and screw it back . With the angle cut boards , it's trickier but still possible . Now my deck looks like completely new , and it takes me three days of work ...And I'm speaking about a 10 year old deck , and it's looking really like new.

Wow!! It looks great! Sooooo much work, but it is beautiful and VERY fun to watch.

Remodelaholic- That's great video you have done. No bloggers crap. Step-by-step direction for dummies. I need to learn from you, how to make that's sort of videos.

Very nice job! I'm doing my deck using the same products right now and your video was very helpful to get the job done!!! Oh an the unexpected rain during this type of job.... such a classic, happens all the time!!!

How nice of you to post this! Very informative!

I love your end result. I got a deck built at the end of the summer last year and I need to stain it so I ended up here looking for options. Good job on your deck.

Would love to see how it has held up since you did it!

Gorgeous. Inspired me to go do mine.

Great job. As a rule, I always check the radar before I start a project like this because you can't count on the weather men, but the radar can give you a pretty good idea on whether there's a pop up in your area.

looks great 👍 def added value to the house 🏠 👌

It looks sooo much better. Great job

I'm very glad you shared this video. I was about half-way through the difficult stripping work when I discovered some of my deck's framing was rotten. After tearing up all the boards, re-framing most of the deck, and re-planking it, I was finally ready for surface prep and applying the Penofin. We chose the darker transparent Bark colour to disguise the different types and ages of wood. This product is amazing. It looks gorgeous now. I'm curious to see how it'll stand up, but it HAS to be better than the crap deck stains (really it's brown paint) you get from hardware stores. More lessons learned from this project: Diablo 36-grit sanding belts are the cat's meow for removing old paint; and OxiClean laundry stain remover makes a superior deck cleaner (mix 1 cup to 1 gallon warm water, scrub it onto the wetted deck surface, then rinse off).

Good looking results. Lots of work I know as I am doing mine now (same way as you).

The oil was the right choice. Love the natural look and seeing the grain.

Love making old look better.

I might be changing my plans to oil. This deck looks great!

Very nice 👍. Even though the rain messed you up a little. (Murphy's law) It still looks 100% better than before. I would have never believed the color would come back that much. Thanks for sharing

I love your video and sorry but I can't stop laughing! I feel your pain with every step you take as i've just gone through the same thing with my deck! Your body language and facial expressions are priceless! Geez I should have filmed myself doing my decks too. Only difference would have been I'm a 65 yo grandmother and in hind sight should have had a cooler of beers at every turn. It was like the movie Ground Hogs Day every morning waking up to the damned deck. First day ...blow the deck. Wash the deck. See that it needs more. Wake up 2nd day....Sand that deck. 60 and 80 grit sand paper was not enough to remove old stain. Wasted 8 hours. Woke up 3rd day stiff as hell.... power wash the effin' deck/let dry over night. Woke up 4th day...damned deck boards are roughed up covered in white chalky crap. 5th day..Rented drum sander weighing 90 pounds. Bad idea for an old lady. Turned it on and off it went smashing boards and gouged the siding. Returned it. 6th day....Sanding 101. Tried sanding 600 sq ft of deck with tiny palm sander. 7th day...continued sanding with tiny palm sander. 8th day....Bought a Porter Cable Belt Sander on Ebay and continued sanding with tiny palm sander until the big boy arrived! 10 days later....Big Boy Porter arrived...the answer to all of my prayers! Day 17, woke up and let Porter begin by tearing off that old stain! Speedways were created on my boards that day with rivers valleys and hills....perfect for the grandkids hot wheel cars! Day18 woke up to continue sanding and the neighbors were looking at me funny. Oh this went on and on and on for weeks! I finally ended up renting a room to a 30 yr. finish carpenter in exchange for labor. As it turned out he was a meth head and screwed up my damned deck so bad I had to have it completely rebuilt. Year two...I was determined to do it right. research said to let the new deck weather for 6 months before staining because the mill glaze would prevent absorption. I did that but let it go for 10 months as it rains 9 months out of the year here. 10 months worth of algae and grime collected and the deck needed pressure washing before I could start. Bought a pressure washer and cleaned. Ahhh, there was the white chaulky crap again...and fur this time! Broke out the sanders again, 'cept Porter had to stay in the closet! The experts said to let the boards dry out for two weeks after pressure washing. i did that too. Finally, I got to pull out the cans of my Penofin oil three days ago and my deck is turning out beautiful. I'm on the last stretch, railings done (both sides), built in benches and tables are done. The last are the floor boards ....and a 10% chance of rain tomorrow. Downpours forecasted in 72 hours. I remembered your video and the look on your face after the first rain....oh you poor thing! I could feel your pain! Should I try to finish today or should I wait?....that is the question. Revisiting your video....has made me laugh with your every sigh! Oh, the damned decks!

Holy crazy job!!!

looks beautiful. good work

I saw the thumbnail, said oh wow amazing, started video, heard redwood, oooff $$, I'm gettin a deck added, to my yard, maybe I'll go composite. But wow looks sick!

You did a fantastic and thorough job thank you so much for this, look at sooo many reviews for the stripper and cleaner, people who used it as a paint stripper and not stain stripper 🤷🏽‍♂️

Wow, what a lot of work! As far as being splotchy, I would just leave it as long as it's protected. Once you get the furniture on there, nobody pays any attention to it. Great job!

Thanks for sharing!! That was a huge undertaking, and a very important lesson learned about wood. It is way better to have a good product to protect the wood from the beginning, and to maintain, rather than having to go through all of the restorative stages that you had to endure. That was definitely a labor of love! Now you can enjoy the feel of nice smooth wood under your bare feet, and enjoy the beautiful glow of the wood. I think you picked an excellent color for the deck, too. Thanks again, and I hope that you got to enjoy that deck for this weekend's 4th of July celebration!

Good job

Nice job!

Just beautiful😍

I learned a lot, I never want a wood deck ever!

looks great!!!!!!

Looks great

I am on week two of cleaning and sanding the deck. Almost done we have beveled crevices between our boards on the front covered veranda, about 80x10. Stripping down the deck over top layer of stain/paint and second layer of red stain, we discovered knotty cedar. I have another week of work then staining transparent. Back deck larger size,was dull and grey, cleaned and power washed also cedar, needs more cleaning sanding and then will stain it. Lots of work but worth it. Thanks for the video, cheers.

Last winter, I did my deck with oil. Drying took very long. So I applied heat gun treatment and the oil soaked in a lot quicker and the surface dried in half day. then I paste waxed it quickly.

Nice project. When i have a month vacation ill do this too. Lol jokin. Looks nice!

If you ever need rain, start an outdoor project - guaranteed!

Hey, you missed a spot. But I feel for you and the unpredictable rain you had .... TWICE!

Good job dude. Sucks it rained on this project, you put all the time into prepping it correctly too.

Ready seal is my choice for oil and sealing wood You will see water bead after it has several hrs to set

I wonder if one of the reasons the deck got splotchy and uneven looking is because the wood wasn’t conditioned before? Wood conditioner makes a huge difference and prevents that exact splotchiness and uneven staining. Just a thought! Love the color and design of the deck for sure!

Keep that pressure washer moving at all times, in a sweeping motion, or it will leave marks (all those lines on your deck - you can completely prevent those). And if you need to stop before arriving at the end of a board, lift it up in a gradual sweeping motion.

beautiful

I know this video is old, but I'm about to do a Deck myself the same way that you have done to yours. Love your work the only thing is when it rains you have to be ready to cover everything or start fresh. Thanks for letting me know that.

God job

Can you post a pic of what it looks like now after just over a year?

you have my luck with outdoor projects sir, I live outside of chicago and the weather can turn on a dime :) I'm hoping you didn't wait to long to use the cleaner and reapply, good luck! PS, it looks beautiful, but if you ever need to sand it again go to home depot or the like and rent a larger sander, i felt bad for ya using those little sanders.

great job. I would have settled with a good powerwash without the sanding, but I can tell you took pride in your work, plus I'm sure yours came out smooth. I've refurbished and used Penofin before on a deck; great product. No need to worry too much about light rain if that happens during staining, as the oil will naturally repel moisture. Try getting a Deck Brush next time you recoat; you can restain a deck that size in about 2 hours because the brush holds a ton of product.

im working on a 28x16 upper deck that drops via 1 stair to another 16x16 deck. the rails are 2x6x8 with 1/4 lattice. this deck is over 30 yrs old. it was stained with a paint type stain over 12yrs ago. I tried power washing it first. and hardly any paint came off. I switched to a turbo nozzle which did better but roughed up the wood a lil. I was told that Deck scape by Sherwin-Williams. was my answer to get all the old paint/stain off. (but one must use the product called revive after the stripper or wood damage will occur) well 60 bucks later 1 bottle of each. I coated the lower section of the deck (as a test run) with the S W. DECK SCAPE. IT WAS 72 DEGREES OUT. I Rolled it on with a heavy nap paint roller. I let it sit 5 min, then using a scrub brush, I worked the stripper into the deck. I let it sit for 15 min. I used a jet nozzle on my garden hose. to see if the old stain/paint would come flying off (like the you tube videos showed) ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED. OTHER THEN DARKING THE AREAS OF WOOD WHERE PAINT FLAKED OFF MONTHS AGO. I USED THE REVIVE TO NEUTRALIZE THE STRIPPER, WHICH I'M NOT SURE I HAD TO SEE IT DIDN'T DO A DARN THING ANYWAY. IM WONDERING IF I SHOULD JUST RENT A BARREL SANDER, AND GET ALL THE OLD STUFF OFF IN A FEW HOURS, INSTEAD OF MESSING AROUND WITH VARIOUS STRIPPERS, THAT WONT WORK FOR ME. ANYWAY. THE WOOD ON THE DECK IS JUST PRESSURE TREATED 2X6X12 NOTHING SPECIAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ID BE VERY GRATEFUL. I KNOW ITS TIME TO REDO THE ENTIRE PLANKING. BUT THE HOUSE IS BEING SOLD IN 2 YRS. THXS

Should we wear flip flops when using oxalic acid?

I have a 360 wrap around porch. It is yellow pine would this work on Pine???? Need to get something on it as it is a year old.

I think I am going to go with a oil finish as well. I love the natural look. I would like to paint the rails white though and I'm not sure how those two colors will blend, but I'm ready for the surprise.

How did the oil stain hold up? Did it turn black-ish like other reviews said? I am thinking of using this but afraid that it might turn some areas black

wow, thompsons is a huge brand in the business and im surprised it didnt last. boy, im sure glad i watched this video.

I love the way it turned out, now I know that oil is the better option. Thank you and plz let me know how its held up ? The following year did you just have to clean then reapply ? Or did you have to strip it again and reapply ? Stay safe and thank you. 🙏💖

I have the same Ryobi pressure washer. Can you pour the cleaner or acid wash in the reservoir in the Ryobi and spray it on instead of brushing. Then run cleaner thru the sprayer to clean the Ryobi?

Does forget to buy a box of new deck screws and tighten up any warped or loose floorboards. If over a concrete slab seal the slab to prevent moisture causing peeling in the future. I noticed the deck in video has no gaps around sides. Best to have airflow to allow underside dry after rainfall and harsh Winters

Thanks for sharing, I am doing my deck now, was planing to use Ready Seal oil but have some concerns. I have a loghome and recently stained it with Woodguard which is oil base and noticed it never completely drys it always seems to be a little wet. I think it is supposed to stay wet to protect the logs. I was wondering if you noticed this with the Oil you used on your deck? If so would that be safe for pets?

_All that work and frustrating it decides to rain,drizzle,spit water_ *I ve got to practically perform the same* *task*...I like the silver grey look. This house exterior is rendering i painted the walls grey louvers over and barge boards white. The kwila hard wood has aged needing more than a water blast. I brought a stripping wire brush attachment for grinder that ive fitted to petrol weed eater . It Works ○✔ ○✔need to find the time to start. ○✔need to check the weather . ○✔need to allow two weeks till completion. Thankyou for this informative vid

A contractor built my wood deck, but didn't treat it at all. He only painted it white, instead of staining and treating it! It is one year old and already has mold and mildew. I will use the cleaner you recommended to clean it, but how should it protect it if it already has white paint on it? Thank you so much for your help!

it's no easy sealing a deck in between ran storms....nice job looks good...

i wish you rent a floor sanding machines , dry sand it and same day oil it, IT IS A ONE DAY WORK , and much cleaner finish ! it took you weeks.. plus tons of chemicals spilled in the nature (hope you don't drink well water)

Good job! I have a question i just got a deck build. Haven't done anything to it yet. What should I treat with? It's all made with treated wood.

You can rent a drum sander at Home Depot. Ive done over 4,000 decks in the past 30 years. Under the top layer of wood id brand new fibers.

Amazing. I am doing the same thing on mine. Clean and on the strip/sand stage. Except the old finish is not coming off as easily P.O. used some kind of real strong paint and is peeling but almost hard as a rock when its actually not peeling so using stripper then sanding. Any update on how its holding up? =D

My deck is pressure treated lumber. It is 25 years old. Originally treated with Thompson's water seal. Eventually I went with a semi solid stain, which eventually started to blister and peel. I tried to use stripeeze to remove the remnants of the stain, but was a task that was so time consuming, I gave up. Then, for 5 years, I was a full time care giver to my mother and had no time to even notice I had a deck. So Mom passed in Dec, 2019. I started on the deck this week. Actually manually scrubbing because I don't have a pressure washer. How do I remove the rest of the stain on the spindles on the deck, and eventually, when I do all the hard work as you did, do you recommend oil for a pressure treated deck? I certainly is not as pretty as cedar, but I don't want to get caught in the trap again of that semi transparent stain. Appreciate any advice.

You must be related to me because the rain knows when I'm staining and painting outside too!

Im gonna do this to my pergola

I have a deck that I am working on. It was treated wood with Thompsons on it. I scrubbed it and pressure washed it. There are a few spots that need a bit more work. The wood grain does not need any sanding though. I do have a few bad spots, what do you fill them in with? One is maybe 6-8in long, maybe 1/2 in deep. Thankfully it is covered with a carpet most of the time. I was going to use some thinned down linseed oil to coat everything. That sound good?

Hope you have better luck with that Penofin brand finish. We used the same brand, and it turned a very dark brown, and ended up looking like crap. We might have used the heart redwood color, and maybe it was not the full transparent. We used it to two separate decks, and both turned a dark, almost black color after just a few months. Penofin was the most expensive finish, but it ended up being the worst performer. I’m now using SuperDeck transparent cedar, for a lighter color. We had to pressure wash, and sand the entire deck to get that old Penofin turned dark chocolate color off. I hope your finish doesn’t turn into what ours did.

Great informative video on this project. The background music really interferes with your voice tone. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Watch the weather !!!

How is it looking 8 months later? I just applied it on my kids playhouse.

Its cool to use an Oil I used a Stain on my Pergola, Fence and partial Deck and it looks great but after 2 years it needs a refresher and fades. So I built a New Deck joining the old one and I decided to use a Semi Transparent Polyurethane It will Last Much much longer and you will not have to be touching up only draw back is smell when applying wear a face mask, dry time is longer overnight not hours. You did a Fantastic Job and looks Great. God Bless

Did that oil have color in it? Does it harden?

How is it holding up a year later? Would love to know. Working on stripping my deck now and havnt picked a stain yet.

I was getting ready to use Thompson's and then the next day thought I should look into oil... Sometimes it's good to procrastinate and process your options

Getting ready to strip a 12' octagon deck - so dreading it. Cabot Stripper can states to use a "wood brightener" after stripping - can I just use mineral spirits? I will never do all the steps you went through b/c my arms would fall off!

Next time you can rent a floor sander at hd or lowes for about 50 bucks. It will save you a lot of time with sanding and it will also help flatten the deck surface.

What brand and wood oil did u use?

Could you change from water base to oil based?

How has it held up?

Just curious as to how much cleaner it took for your deck.. Mine’s about the same size

Thanks for the video. Great job! Now, I know to hire someone else to do it. lol...

what does it look like now?

Would it not have been easier to just use a power floor sander like the pros use to strip and refinish varnished floors

Hi. How is your deck holding up? I have a cedar deck. I used sort of oil type finish on it. But every year after the winter (I live in Ontario, Canada), the finish did not hold up. A lot of wearing off and peeling. I am so frustrated…

There is another cleaner called 30 Second Miracle that really is. Took everything off my boards and was much cheaper.

I have not researched oils so I take your word for it. Stains sux + 10 and you just found out why......many many many hours of clean up. Sealants can be pressure washed then reapplied....done. Sounds like oils are similiar.

If all I have to do is spend a little bit more money per gallon of oil stain, as opposed to water based, to avoid going through all that scrubbing, stripping and sanding of the deck, then it'll be worth it to save time and money in the future.

Any updates if that oil base sealant held up? Thx!

Always use a brightener. It would lighten all the dark spots. 35 years experience.

How long will this stain last? Is this something you have to do every year?

What kind of pressure washer did you use?

I rather have a nice paver patio with a firepit and sitting wall

No wonder you have to sand what with the power washer forcing water into the wood grain. But the sanding! My back couldn't that much detail sanding with an orbital sander and THEN with a belt sander. Also, where does all that chemical run-off go? Good thing you don't have flowers or grass around your deck.

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how long did the oil stain you are using last?

I hope you see this and are able to answer. I want to put a small deck (like yours) in my yard, in a small area, because I'm disabled and need a place to sit outside during this shut-in time we are having. My question is this: • Is redwood the best type of wood for decks bec they're long lasting? • Is redwood expensive? I appreciate your expertise in this area. Looking forward to your response. And your deck looks beautiful, even it it has some splotchiness; it's beautiful. I love the color. Thank you so very much.

End product looks great. Redwood is gorgeous for a deck! I was feelin your pain when u were sanding...! Not my favorite part of any project 😩.