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Author Archives: Andre
Defurring (light sanding) wooden surfaces
If chemical are used during deck restoration, wood might fur. Some companies coat it as is, other sand the wood. We use something different – defurring with nylon brush. It’s fast and beautiful, see for yourself (right side the wood is … Continue reading
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Dock and barge at Pine lake project
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May 2014
Just another day at work. Medium size deck needed a little love Cleaned and ready for sealer Ipe deck Cleaned… Pretty large project with balcony and nice furniture set sealed in Dark Walnut This deck … Continue reading
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desk refinishing went wrong
It’s very important to do the job right by the book. If it’s deck restoration, it’s even more important. We stopped any restoration projects on September 15 last year. This spring we had a couple of requests for estimates from … Continue reading
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Cedar deck restoring in Seattle
A nice cedar deck needed a little attention. Good quality cedar was sealed a number of years ago with teak oil… After few hours of chemical cleaning it looks much better… Sealing with Pecan tone in … Continue reading
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First 2013 Project
We start this season with a real cool project – restoring a deck after 5 years. It was a real pleasure to see how our sealer performs. We restored this deck in 2008, it looked like this in 2013: The sealer we’re using … Continue reading
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We stopped using Cabot’s products
Summer of 2012 was the last year we used Cabot products on our decks. Cabot known as a great stain manufacturer for a long period of time. We used to use Cabot’s Australian Timber Oil on our ipe deck projects, … Continue reading
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Returned customer project
We’re doing 4th maintenance in 8 years on this deck. The homeowner loves our service, and doesn’t look for any other options. We maintain this deck in Natural Cedar tone, which gives a light fresh look. I remember the shape … Continue reading
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Painted Deck Restoration
This is probably the worst thing you could do to your deck: Painting. Painted decks are difficult to restore, because strippers we use designed to strip stains and sealers. Also, paint cover so many wood problems so it’s tough to say if your deck … Continue reading
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Driftwood Sealer on Cedar
We had an interesting project this May. The homeowner used a stain from one of premium names in color Driftwood. Although he applied it correctly, and had done a lot of wood preparation, the stain start pilling after less then one year. He decided to … Continue reading
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Sanding Decks
We do light sanding on horizontal surfaces on every deck we restore, thanks to new type of tools and some work we’d done to adopt this tools for our needs. But sometimes, light sanding is not an option, and in … Continue reading
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First 2012 project
This cedar deck is nicely washed and ready for sanding/sealing After few days of nice weather we completed the project. Here how it looks in Mahogany (Dark Red):
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