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Applying the Deck Stain

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Staining a Deck | What You Need To Know

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What happens here

Begin applying the oil-based penetrating stain using a brush. Apply a generous, heavy coat of stain to a section of the deck, ensuring thorough saturation of the wood. The product has a thick viscosity and adheres well to the brush, allowing for ample application. Work in small, manageable sections. Immediately after applying the stain to a section and allowing it a short time to penetrate (as it is a non-drying oil), use a clean rag to wipe off any excess stain. This step is absolutely critical. Failure to wipe off excess will result in a tacky surface that collects dirt and never fully dries, as demonstrated by the creator's past mistake. Pay close attention to corners, gaps, and areas where stain might pool.

Goal: Apply stain for deep penetration and a professional finish.

Tools and materials

  • Clean Rags — Wiping off excess stain
  • Oil-based Penetrating Stain — The main deck stain
  • Paint Brush — Applying the stain

What they say

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so I'm applying the stain want to apply nice heavy coat that it's going to penetrate in the wood you're going to want to really saturate it uh and then it's going to penetrate pretty quick any excess if there's any excess cooled on the wood you're going to want to wipe the excess off and you actually walk on it you as soon as it's soaked in so I'm just using a small smaller cut in type brush to work up against the house it's taking my time to want to Splatter or [Music] d [Music] so you can see I'm allowing it to penetrate then I'm wiping it off any excess so I just got to say this is really important because um this happened to me in the past and it was a big mistake not wiping off the excess a customer called me a month later their deck was really tacky and was collecting dust and dirt if you don't wipe off the excess it'll never dry and it'll stay tacky forever collecting dirt um showing Footprints and everything so it's absolutely critical that you wipe off the excess stain of any oilbased stain you're Us in so water-based stains you don't have that problem but oilbased stains you know you do have that issue so whatever you do make sure you wipe off the stain and tell you another um handy tip that cuz you know a lot of the tips I give are from life's experiences and I uh went to lunch put all our rags in a bucket next to the deck and spontaneous combustion a hot summer day the rags caught on fire burn burned the grass almost caught the deck on fire luckily it did it but um that was my experience with spontaneous combustion and balling Rags up and putting them in a bucket one of the really cool things about stain and seal and one of the reasons why I really didn't like using oilbased products is because the inherent dangers of fires and um stain and seal does not have that problem because the oil that they used uh for their products has a flash point I believe it's like 500° versus um all other oils have a flash point of like I believe it's like 90° and so they'll spontaneously combust stain and seal experts products it will not combust in your vehicle um the flash point is so high it's literally almost impossible for it to catch on fire so one of the benefits one of the things I like about stain and seals [Music] products

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