Apply Stain to Cracks First

to use because Mesmer's is a very liquidy stain. It's very watery and has a tendency to grip and splatter. And the bigger China bristle brushes um help alleviate that problem. We're starting by staining. We go along, we stain the the cracks first and then actually fill in the top of the deck after we do the cracks. And as you can see, GMO's staining, going along, doing two planks at a time, and he stains the crack and then he fills in the top. And what you want to do is make sure you get enough of the stain down in the crack so the crack is completely stained so you don't have any light spots, which would look very unprofessional if you had light spots down in the cracks. Drew's over