Deck Refinishing | How-To Clean, Strip, Sand, Restain

hey what's gonna guys Alex comes looking for mr. bilder and in today's video we refinish our deck hard to believe this used to be orange we stripped it get it all ready for the new stain and got it all done big thanks to the Handy paint product company for parting with us let's not waste any more time and let's get into the video let's go alright folks so this is the deck that we stain exactly two years ago there's a product called Cabot it's an outdoor oil-based stain two things we didn't like about it number one it only lasted two years and number two it was a little too orange that the sample piece I was in the store did not look anything like the actual product itself once we laid it on the wood little too orange and it was too late to turn back so we decided to give it a go with the hope set it'll settle down and it did so in this situation we're gonna strip it all down and start from scratch all over again now the first step is probably one of the funnest steps and that's cleaning your deck here I'm using a 3100 psi pressure washer with a nice wide spray nozzle tip I'm gonna get rid of all the gunk and debris those left over the winter and give this deck nice primed and ready to go alright guys as you can see the deck is all pressure washed and ready for us to work with I got a couple of products here we have our Behr premium deck and stain remover first time use this product so we're really excited about trying it a couple of products this video is sponsored by the Handy paint product company really excited they sent us a couple of these new things this is the Handy paint pail makes it nice easy and convenient to hold it like that without hurting your fingers I've got a liner that goes right in there we have the Handy pail itself here nice rigid form got grips on the sides and we have a magnetic attachment right here to the front for your paintbrush really slick never seen that before so a big THANK YOU today sponsor now a couple other safety features you want to use some grip gloves you want to avoid this stuff getting on your hands use a respirator that's what the directions say we're gonna give that a try make sure we're keeping ourselves safe and as far as applications a foam brush they want make sure it's poly blends as well as add oil-based stain paint brush here this is specifically meant for decks so we're gonna pour it in here the directions say do not use it in direct sunlight which we're avoiding it the directions say make sure you have a water hose nearby to not let this stuff dry on you want to keep it moist and lastly just says put on a liberal amount which is easy for me to do so let's get started let's go now typically when it comes to restaining your deck it adding one fresh coat of stain after two or three years to freshen the area up if that's a situation terrain you don't need a stain stripper you need a deck stain cleaner and all that does is decreases the area and gets a primer ready for the fresh coat of stain now in our situation we want to start from ground up so we need to strip this color the chemical that I'm using is advertised to work best between 15 and 45 minutes of dwell time to allow the chemical to start releasing the stain now the hardest part is not allowing the chemical to dry so what you want to do is walk around with a mist setting on your garden hose and lightly fan the area not over watering and diluting it by just keeping it moist and activated once that's done and you will start seeing a filament rise to the top it'll also start frothing as you're rolling your roller around once you see that you'll ready to start washing it off with a pressure washer when it comes to pressure washing and rinsing off the chemicals really try avoiding running the spray nozzle side to side of the board's instead try to run it with the grey along the boards this will prevent any kind of tear outs or damage to the wood now the best piece of safety advice I'll tell you is learn from my mistakes it's a good idea to put on some long sleeve clothing along with a hat what I found to be true is this chemical basically acts like mayor Hair Remover where it's kind of almost like an acid so definitely wear goggles definitely wear a respirator and for sure put on a hat and maybe some long sleeves to really save you some burn marks later all right yeah so this is the first time I've used the deck stripper from Bayer to give you a little feedback on it it worked okay and what I mean by it is the instructions said but a liberal amount make sure it doesn't dry keep it moist and then between 15 and 45 minutes that's when it starts acting you can start using a pressure washer holding the nozzle at least 24 inches away of the surface and wiping kind of cleaning off pressure washing off the previous stain I did that I didn't see a lot of material moving so I decided to bring the nozzle a lot closer it worked way better but the kicker is this after pressurizing of the raw wood that closed it left a little fuzzy filament I'll do a little close-up here for you guys and I know that's gonna be a problem comes too new stain on so all I'm doing is I'm taking my sander it's set on rotary mode which just means it goes on a circle as opposed to the oscillating mode like most traditional Sanders have and then I'm using 80 grit to go through and so far it's turning out really smooth this is still the area I need to go over if you don't have a fancy sander like this you can just get an angle grinder and put an attachment wheel with an 80 grit sanding pad on it and then you can do the same exact thing so I'm just gonna finish this up and it will get ready to put the new stain on after all the sanding is done use a leaf blower to dust up and freshen up the area it's a good idea to wear a respirator with this there's a lot of these chemicals out there that can be really harmful to your lungs so make sure you take care of yourself when it comes to my new stain I decided to try some products from Bayer this particular product I decided to get the premium version mostly because they're saying that the stain can last a lot longer they're saying that on decks it'll last for years instead of two and on fences will last eight years really curious to try I did stay within the semi-transparent family for one reason specifically I know that stain tends to either rub off and phase or chip like a solid paint stain so in my situation I think I'd rather reapply an extra coat as opposed to having to re-sand the chip surfaces or even strip the area again once I applied two coats to the deck and one coat to the actual pergola itself I let the product dry overnight before starting to walk on it now when it comes to actually rolling the Stefan typically just like woodworking the recommendations always apply with the grain itself but in my situation I tried going side to side or against the grain if you will and I didn't see any change in quality so this stuff is pretty strong it's pretty durable and I'm really curious to let you guys know how this lasts in two years and even better in the last four years how they promising hey guys thanks for watching this video if you have any questions leave them in the comment section down below like comment share this video with your friends hopefully I'll help somebody else tackling their deck project this year and subscribe if you haven't a couple other videos for you guys to check out right over here I'll put a link in description all the products I use a big thank you to the Handy paint product company for partnering with us tuning out this week we'll see you guys next week see ya bye