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Roger Oakley

Re: Decking
« Reply #20 on: May 08, 2013, 06:53:34 am »
I dont think he WANTS to strip the stain, i think he is worried that the hypo will strip some of the stain out, and he doesnt want that to happen. He just wants to clean it.

That's why I asked what brand of stain was used, as you can leave a deck patchy with some brands of stain with hypo. Maybe a photo of the deck would help OP

Matt Gibson

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Re: Decking
« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2013, 07:13:43 am »
Ahh ok. i didnt think hypo would touch a stain. 

Neil Jones

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Re: Decking
« Reply #22 on: May 08, 2013, 07:13:24 pm »
Exactly what I am worried about, I don't want to strip it i'm just concerned that the hypo will leaves patches. No pictures sorry, it was a dark oak cuprinol stain, it is very dark. I've got the work booked in for Monday, I may just have to clean it without hypo, or do a test area.

Roger Oakley

Re: Decking
« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2013, 11:45:57 pm »
Neil,
If the guy is going to stain with the same product, then either do a water wash, or you could do a weak Oxi wash, Dark stains can be a pain if not stripping as they can go "patchy" with hypo as it is not a stripper. Water or weak Oxi will give you a clean surface to apply the "dark" stain to, which might be the best to hope for in this case.

Neil Jones

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Re: Decking
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2013, 01:54:54 pm »
I knew you where going to say that Roger :-(
Looks like it will just have to be a water clean, even though he's said he's having it stained again I don't want to leaves patches because I know he will try to make me do the stain for free then.
Cheers for the help

Neil Jones

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Re: Decking
« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2013, 10:12:44 pm »
Just to let you know Roger I did a simple pressure clean with water, it was fine, removed most of the built up algae etc but it did need stripping, which I didn't have time for. Anyway simple clean, customer happy, and got paid. Not really my thing decking, if the picture thingy worked i'd upload some before and after shots.

Roger Oakley

Re: Decking
« Reply #26 on: May 19, 2013, 10:20:14 pm »
Just to let you know Roger I did a simple pressure clean with water, it was fine, removed most of the built up algae etc but it did need stripping, which I didn't have time for. Anyway simple clean, customer happy, and got paid. Not really my thing decking, if the picture thingy worked i'd upload some before and after shots.
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