Hi,
First time re-staining my deck. I have used some deck cleaner and a water blaster which has removed some of the flakier bits of paint/stain.
See the photo
If I now re-stain it will it come out even as some of the timber still has the original stain and some of it is now bare?
Thanks for any advice!
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I used this product on my macrocarpa pergola and garden bed. The colour is Kowhai and raised bed has had 2 coats and on its second season.
Its water based and there is no runoff after it got rained on. Heaps easier to clean up.
https://www.wattyl.co.nz/product/wattyl-forestwood-aquatech-oil-stain/
Not maybe the best for the OP as his deck is already stained. Maybe best to sand down to bare wood then stain.
No flaking on surface observed and the stain seems to have penetrated well
But that was on fresh macrocarpa My 2 cents if it is of any help.
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I had to wait for the weather to clear up but yesterday & put on one layer of the water based deck oil on one of the worst parts of the deck to see what it looked like. Not sure if I put another 2 or 3 coats on if it would look much better?
Otherwise I assume I will have to use a timber stripper and then sand it back to remove the original oil/stain completely back to bare wood. It is a shame as parts of the deck are still in pretty good condition. Any advice?
Looks like you will probably need to be sanding that down unfortunately.
I'm in the middle of a similar situation myself. I have no idea what's on my deck as it was applied by the previous owners. Pretty sure it's not oil based as it has come off a bit unevenly, but not in nearly such a flaky way as yours has. I've also recently replaced a bunch of boards so have some with no stain on them at all, so overall a bit of a challenge to get a uniform finish. I decided I needed to go for something heavily pigmented to stand a chance, so I've just applied one coat of this stuff in a fairly dark grey tint (Tiri). Didn't do any sanding beforehand as I can't be bothered to be quite honest. Fairly happy with the result as it's evened things up nicely but I'll definitely need a second coat for a properly uniform finish. Hoping it won't take a third...
Photo shows the old stain in the foreground, new Woodsman in the background, and unstained new boards on the steps.
Maybe the wood makes a difference to how the stain goes on (and comes off)? Mine is kwila, yours looks like pine?
Also I don't really understand what a "hybrid waterborne alkyd stain" is but it's definitely not just paint. It's translucent, dries with no brush strokes and has clearly soaked into the wood in a way that paint doesn't. Resene told me not to use the standard waterborne stain on a deck as it can't stand up to foot traffic but apparently this stuff can.
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