About half of the old stain has worn off.  Not sure if I have the time
to pressure wash all of the old stain off.  If I use the same color,
will it blend in with the old stain, or will it just look bad?

In article <b...@s20g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, d...@googlemail.com says...
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>About half of the old stain has worn off.  Not sure if I have the time
>to pressure wash all of the old stain off.  If I use the same color,
>will it blend in with the old stain, or will it just look bad?

You'll need to pressure wash to get the loose stuff off. It's that or scrape and sand. You won't get *all* of the old
finish off, though--just the loose bits.

The same color should do fine, as long as there's not too big a color difference between the wood that has turned gray
because the finish flaked off last year and the wood that's newly bare because of pressure washing. If there's a big
difference, look into the deck bleaching chemicals.

-- 
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX

Was the old opaque or semi transparent?


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> About half of the old stain has worn off.  Not sure if I have the time
> to pressure wash all of the old stain off.  If I use the same color,
> will it blend in with the old stain, or will it just look bad? 

On Apr 19, 1:38=A0pm, "Art"  wrote:
> Was the old opaque or semi transparent?
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> > About half of the old stain has worn off. =A0Not sure if I have the tim=
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> > to pressure wash all of the old stain off. =A0If I use the same color,
> > will it blend in with the old stain, or will it just look bad?

I'd say closer to opaque.

Is it top rated by Consumer Reports Cabots?  I regret putting that on my 
deck.  Sure it lasts longer but how do you get it off to re do it?  Can't 
sand because the wood has arsenic or other wonderful stuff in it.  My answer 
is I plan to take down the deck.


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On Apr 19, 1:38 pm, "Art"  wrote:
> Was the old opaque or semi transparent?
>
>  wrote in message
> Iws:b...@s20g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
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> > About half of the old stain has worn off. Not sure if I have the time
> > to pressure wash all of the old stain off. If I use the same color,
> > will it blend in with the old stain, or will it just look bad?

I'd say closer to opaque.