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Staining a Deck | What You Need To Know

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What happens here

The project is introduced as staining a new redwood deck using an oil-based penetrating stain from "Stain & Seal Experts" in a natural finish. The first crucial step is sanding the wood with 80-grit sandpaper to open up the grain, allowing it to accept more stain. This is especially important for new, milled wood that often has a "mill glaze" which prevents proper stain absorption. The presenter indicates he uses both 3x4 and 5-inch sanders.

Goal: To prepare the new redwood deck wood for optimal stain absorption by understanding the product and necessity of sanding.

Tools and materials

  • 3x4 Sander Ekasand — Mentioned for sanding smaller areas of the deck in subsequent steps
  • 5-inch Sander Ekasand — Mentioned for sanding larger areas of the deck in subsequent steps
  • 80-grit sandpaper — Mentioned for opening the wood grain and removing mill glaze in subsequent steps
  • Oil-based penetrating stain — The product used for staining the redwood deck

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ready to stain a deck we're going to be staining with an oilbased product from stain and seal experts I'm going to be staying in it natural this is a brand new redwood deck recently installed by the customer and I'm getting it ready we're going to walk you through some of the process to you know properly stain a deck like this to make it look amazing and make it last now the first thing I'm doing you're going to see me I got my 3x4 and my 5 in sander it's very important to sand the wood first first with an 80 grit sandpaper that way you open up the wood so it will accept more stain you want the wood to accept as much stain so it'll penetrate deeply into the wood brand new uh wood typically when it's m it's really smooth has like a mill glaze on on top of it and it doesn't accept uh stain as well if you if you don't sand it so you want to sand it with an 80 grit sandpaper

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