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Apply Stain to Main Deck Surface

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Staining a Deck in a DAY! The Idaho Painter

What happens here

After cutting in, use a wide deck brush, such as the Goliath 7-inch brush on an extension pole, to apply stain to the main flat surfaces of the deck. Work in sections, applying the stain in a consistent direction along the deck planks. The presenter highlights that working in four-foot sections, laying out the stain towards you, and then repeating, helps achieve an even finish without visible brush strokes.

Goal: Evenly apply stain to the large flat areas of the deck.

Tools and materials

  • Goliath Deck Brush — Applying stain to the main deck surface
  • Stain Brush Extension Pole Haydn — Attaching to the deck brush for extended reach

What they say

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there, but you typically can't see down there either. So, um going to start right here and do our cutins. Now, you see I got So, there's two of us working on the deck. And so, it's a lot easier if there's two people, you know, working on the deck at a time. One person's doing the cutins, one person's filling in the body, and I'm using this Goliath deck brush right here. And as I'm putting the product on, I'm just laying it out in the direction of the deck planks. And and I'm going to get it on there, brush it in, and then I'm just going to lay it out when I'm done. And the reason why I like this brush is I can lay it out just like this. And it's the width of an entire plank. And if you don't lay your deck stain out, you could leave brush strokes. Kind of just like laying out a wall or laying out your trim. It's the same thing. If you want your deck to look professional, you want to apply your stain and lay it out. Once again, this is a this deck color is the same color. So, I'm not don't have to worry about the gaps as much as I do um if it was a different color. I'm going to show you I got some foam brushes where the gaps get wide. I'll show you what it looks like to uh use foam brushes to do in between the deck. So, I'm just working right along here. Sometimes I like using a 4ft pole. you if you have another person or yourself, you could roll it on with a 9-in roller and then you can take and lay it out with your deck brush. But, um, if you don't want to have a roller and a brush going, you know, you could just use the deck brush. And this deck brush does pretty good because it's got really soft filaments on it. So, it does get down in the sides or in between the gaps fairly well. but not as good as uh the sprayer would or the um foam brushes will. But it just once again it a lot of it depends on the color. If I was going from a white deck to a black deck um just hypothetically that's where you would really notice a difference. So once again, one of the great advantages of this deck brush is it's wider than, you know, your deck planks. So, um, makes it really convenient. You're not getting lap marks, you know, in between planks. So, move my sprayer out here. I'll show you, you know, spraying in between some of the gaps out here, cuz out here it's a little bit more faded out here. And I'm going to be I've um got my sprayer set up right here to and started testing it right there. Um one thing I ran into is this product. This is a product from Olympic um…

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