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Staining a Deck | What You Need To Know

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The video introduces the project: staining a brand new redwood deck with an oil-based penetrating stain from Expert Stain & Seal, in a natural color. The creator emphasizes the importance of proper preparation, including sanding the wood, to ensure deep penetration and longevity of the stain. He explains that new, milled wood often has a 'mill glaze' (a glossy, film-like surface from the production process) that prevents stain from absorbing effectively, necessitating sanding. He also mentions the importance of using a pigmented stain for UV protection, as clear coats offer insufficient protection. For new decks, checking moisture levels is critical; the wood must not be too wet to accept the stain. The application method for this small deck will be hand brushing, which is crucial for achieving good penetration, as opposed to spraying which would require back-brushing to ensure absorption.

Goal: Understand the project scope, materials, and initial preparation rationale.

Tools and materials

  • Moisture Meter Ryobi — To check the wood's moisture content before staining
  • Oil-based Penetrating Stain — To protect and color the deck
  • Redwood Deck N/A — The surface to be stained

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[Music] right today I'm out here uh getting 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 you're going to see me sanding with my 3x4 sander the small areas I'll be hitting the larger areas with my 5 in sander and once again use an 0 grit I'm using a Clos cell uh 10 mm sponge and also um and going be using uh Echo silk and um going to be using Echo storm to sand this with you don't have to like over sand I am sanding like some of the corners and edges to have them nice smooth um edges and stuff too so I'm sanding some of this to um just give it a better look and a better feel but the uh the main sanding you're doing is just quickly going over it to you basically rough it up and open it up so it doesn't have a smooth surface so it actually accept more stain now I am using an oil-based penetrating St stain on this from uh stain and seal experts I'm going to be using a natural color cuz the customer wants it to look like um Redwood doesn't want a lot of color to it you do have to have color in your stain you can't just put a clear on if you want it to be protected um from UV rays and um sunlight so um if you don't want it to discolor over time you definitely want uh a stain that has um uh pigment in it to give it some

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