How to stain or oil a deck professionally. How To Stain A Deck.

In this video, we're going to be showing you how to stain an exterior deck. To stain this deck, we're going to be using a product called Mesmer's UV Plus oilbased stain, and it's a semi-transparent stain, both brown. We're using an exterior stain brush, and it's a 4-in flat bristle kind of bristle brush used for exterior stains. You want to have several rags on hand to wipe any exterior stain that doesn't actually penetrate into the wood. I use just throwaway latex gloves so I don't get any stain on my hands. And then you want to have uh 1 and 12 gallon or two gallon bucket to put your stain in and a stir stick. And the tints in these stains have a tendency to settle to the bucket fairly fast. So you want to be stirring your stain probably about every 5 minutes or so. So I just keep a a wooden stir stick in the bucket to keep stirring it. I'm going to put these pair of latex throwaway gloves on here, get start start this project. And you've already started out here, and we're going to continue on. I'm going to take my rag with me and a bucket. And we're going to start out here on the sun. This this portion of the deck gets a lot of sun, and so it's pretty rare that the stain won't soak in, and you typically don't need to wipe up any excess. in the patio area where the deck doesn't get as much sun and where the stain doesn't penetrate very well. Um there's going to be some excess stain that has a tendency to puddle or sit on and doesn't penetrate in. You definitely want to wipe that up cuz an oil based stain. If it puddles and doesn't absorb in, it'll take several days to dry and it'll become pretty tacky. So, I'm working over this area right here. And I'm going to be working just in small sections. And I'm just going to dip my brush in. Just the bristles. I dip the bristles in only about a quarter of an inch into the stain. And then I shake it off. And then I'm going to be brushing. And I actually use a brush cuz you get more stain on and you get more penetration of the stain. I'm going be working in a section just like this and brushing brushing my stain in working in here in this section that doesn't get a whole lot of on. And I'll usually give it just about five minutes as I'm working my way down the deck. I'll give it about five minutes and then I'm going to go back over it with a rag and just wipe off any excess that hasn't penetrated in. And it's want to just take your time along the edges. These thin penetrating oilbased stains have a tendency to splatter real easy. So, you want to just go slowly along your edges and when you get out to the field out here, you can start moving a little bit quicker. And this deck has been coated probably five or six times over the year years. And so in here in the shaded area, there's so many coats of stain that no more stain will penetrate. But Scratches and areas like that will absorb some stain. Any stain, any spots that could possibly worn down from foot foot traffic will absorb the stain. This stuff in this today, it's about 80° outside. Sun's shining over here on this portion. If you let set too long without actually wiping it down, it'll get tacky really fast and you then you won't be able to wipe the excess off with a rag out here in this area. This gets full sun every day. These areas here, see that? be putting some stain on. And this stuff absorbs out here and absorbs fully into the the wood. It's only a few places like where there's hard knots in areas like that where it's not absorbing in. And those areas I'll go back and wipe off. It's absolutely critical that you use a rag to wipe those areas that are pooling and not absorbing because the deck will be extremely tacky for for weeks if you don't do that. And that's with oil based products, penetrating oil stains, water-based products will typically will just dry and they create a top coat. I just continue working along the deck and out here in the sun. You can see it's absorbs really well into the deck. But there's any areas puddling, just wipe them off just like that. Take off the Christmas lights. So, we're just working around them. This is Chris in Boise. How to A deck.