wilkes

Jason, head to habitat for humanity and buy some older beat up aged pressure treated boards. Are the angles not a paralellagram? If they are you should be able to flip them and helicopter them. And there is always someone selling older boards. Craigslist, secondhandnews, or even here. Good luck.

Unfortunately for me, there are 3 affected boards, and they're all cut at angles on both ends. So flipping them wouldn't really work; all I could really do is pull them up and replace them, but then the new wood wouldn't be aged the same as the old.

flipping the boards is the only way I know of to avoid sanding. The pressure washer will raise the grain and you will STILL have to sand it....

Thanks for information as pressuring washing the deck on Monday hoping it will not be raining....will use deck cleaner has worked in the past...then put down a water repellent when it has dried...good luck GoWilkes...

unscrew or pull the nails from the affected area and flip them over.

I'm assuming it's oil-based. The label doesn't say anything, but it's Olympic Maximum toner.

Is the stain a latex or based product? Probably won't matter if it has completely dried but keep in mind which it is so you can use the correct solvent. A heavy coating of salt may be the ticket. It will help to draw out whatever seeped below the surface. Look at the stain container, if is an oil based product, as most are, you should dilute it or wash it off with paint thinner or denatured alcohol.

the clorox did not hurt the deck ... just cleaned and lightened it ... just wait until the deck is good and dry before you stain it ... should be fine ... the bleach will be evaporated by then ...

My daughter used clorox on her deck once and it raised the grain on the wood... Had to resand it anyway....

I have this deck cleaner that smells like weak bleach, and thought about trying it, but I was more concerned that it would just make the stain set more. And since the stain going on top of this is a lighter color, I'm more concerned about dark spots showing through. I might try straight bleach, though, if no one says anything else by around midnight.

Joe Max... I haven't seen that before, let me look it up. Walmart's open 24 hours, right?

Deck stripper & a pressure washer.

Would probably be easier to sand it though.

Joe Max may work!!!! I know it cleans siding!!!

when we clean our deck, we use clorox bleach ... it really lightens the wood ... that might work ...

My deck is being stained for the first time, and about an hour ago, some stain was spilled in an area that's supposed to be stained a different color. This was on pressure treated deck board that has never been stained before, and has dried for about a year.

Do you guys know of a way to get the stain off without sanding?