Thank you for the kind comment :) Life has made me humble, anytime I start to get cocky or imagine I might know it all.... life shows me I don't know nuthin... boom!!! punches me right in the kisser. Good luck your friends back landing, let it soak for a while to work on its own, bubbling... then reapply while still wet... then scrub a little... and if ya have to do it all twice ( in case ya miss some spots) that is OK too.
i used sodium percarbonate very successfully. I just tipped a solution onto the deck, left it to work for 30 minutes. It should be dissolved in warm water, around 37 degrees C. It worked best when it was left on the deck in the sun as opposed to the shade. After 30 minutes or so I used a stiff bristle deck broom to loosen all the 'gunge' then hosed it off with an ordinary garden hose. A water blaster was not needed. The gunge came off very easily.
Thank you for the good words, they are nice to read :) My deck really did clean up nice using this method. Facts be known I was not sure how it would work out. If it had failed as a project I would not have posted the video. There have been many times when I get into something, and capture video of it, and then it goes to hell, turns out unworthy, or it seems stupid as I edit it... and all of that footage gets stuffed away in a box on a hard drive file. But I am happy this project turned out well. As I told/tell in my video and the text story below the video- To start with I just wanted to know which stuff was best at cleaning old wood, actually I mostly wanted to be reminded of what I had used years before and (seemed to) work fine, But as looked and read review after review, everyone hated all of the "name brands". So many people hated all of the commonly sold deck cleaners. I was kind of surprised. I just wanted to clean my freeking deck and be done, but I wanted good results so I kept looking and learning. I spent A LOT of time learning about all of this and going to the big box stores and seeing a very limited number of things to use. So I kept looking. I finally came up with using Sodium Percarbonate and Oxalic Acid, but I did not see any videos about it, so I decided I should capture some footage and if it worked well then I would edit a video. It makes me feel good to spread the word about using these cleaning products which work great, are cheaper, less damaging to deck wood and they not as harmful to Mother Nature as some toxic cleaning products. It is WIN/WIN/WIN!
Very nice and helpful video! Thank you so much! After washing my deck with lots of oxiclean yesterday. It still has a kinda strong smell of oxiclean right now. Is that normal or did we let it sit on the wood for too long (1 hour)? Hopefully the smell will fade away within a few days. 🤣
Good Luck! Remember... no hurries no worries....and if you have to do it twice that is OK too. You might do a trial on a 5x5 area first, see how it goes, let it dry overnight and... getterdone from there.
Ya know.... I have no idea what brand they are.... I bought them over 20 years ago for shoveling snow and they work great for stuff like this too. I have moved and put a lot of my stuff in storage or I would just go look at the name. Some day I will pull that stuff out of storage and if I remember I will come back a post the brand. I do know they are not fancy or high priced... just rubber galoshes with wool inserts with a metal reinforced sole and toe
I found them at one of the big box hardware stores, but you can get creative if you can not find them. Maybe some extra large panty hose or simple a very large kitchen sifter... anything to filter out the large chunks to avoid clogging your sprayer.
And as a homeowner, he showed the more cost-effective way. He also learned something and did it for much less and much safer. I just received a $1000 quote to pressure wash and restain my patio ceiling, which is why I'm now researching these videos so I can do it myself safely. Why should I pay 10 times the amount for some contractor to come in and spray it down with harmful chemicals that will damage the wood and only look like crap again a few months later?
Thank you , Sir for thees deck cleaning/ prep videos! Had me laughing too!! 😁👍👍
Hay i like your humility and that you weren't trying to be a 'know all'. Gunna try this on my elderly friends' back landing. Thanks mate 👍
Thank you for the kind comment :)
Life has made me humble, anytime I start to get cocky or imagine I might know it all.... life shows me I don't know nuthin... boom!!! punches me right in the kisser.
Good luck your friends back landing, let it soak for a while to work on its own, bubbling... then reapply while still wet... then scrub a little... and if ya have to do it all twice ( in case ya miss some spots) that is OK too.
Extremely useful, thank you !
I love the subtitles, very useful too!
lol I really enjoyed this video. The trial and error is a very real thing we all go through. The sub titles were funny as well. Thanks!
Thank you for the good words, I am glad someone finally laughed at my silly funny scrub scrub scrub titles... they were meant to be funny :)
i used sodium percarbonate very successfully. I just tipped a solution onto the deck, left it to work for 30 minutes.
It should be dissolved in warm water, around 37 degrees C. It worked best when it was left on the deck in the sun as opposed to the shade. After 30 minutes or so I used a stiff bristle deck broom to loosen all the 'gunge' then hosed it off with an ordinary garden hose. A water blaster was not needed. The gunge came off very easily.
Done this method before. Its hard work. Watering can works wondes for applying oxyclean
Your deck cleaned up very good. I’m going to use this for my deck. Thanks!
Thank you for the good words, they are nice to read :)
My deck really did clean up nice using this method. Facts be known I was not sure how it would work out. If it had failed as a project I would not have posted the video.
There have been many times when I get into something, and capture video of it, and then it goes to hell, turns out unworthy, or it seems stupid as I edit it... and all of that footage gets stuffed away in a box on a hard drive file.
But I am happy this project turned out well.
As I told/tell in my video and the text story below the video- To start with I just wanted to know which stuff was best at cleaning old wood, actually I mostly wanted to be reminded of what I had used years before and (seemed to) work fine, But as looked and read review after review, everyone hated all of the "name brands". So many people hated all of the commonly sold deck cleaners. I was kind of surprised.
I just wanted to clean my freeking deck and be done, but I wanted good results so I kept looking and learning. I spent A LOT of time learning about all of this and going to the big box stores and seeing a very limited number of things to use. So I kept looking.
I finally came up with using Sodium Percarbonate and Oxalic Acid, but I did not see any videos about it, so I decided I should capture some footage and if it worked well then I would edit a video.
It makes me feel good to spread the word about using these cleaning products which work great, are cheaper, less damaging to deck wood and they not as harmful to Mother Nature as some toxic cleaning products. It is WIN/WIN/WIN!
Very nice and helpful video! Thank you so much!
After washing my deck with lots of oxiclean yesterday. It still has a kinda strong smell of oxiclean right now. Is that normal or did we let it sit on the wood for too long (1 hour)? Hopefully the smell will fade away within a few days. 🤣
Thanks for the video and tips. Starting my deck today using Oxyclean. Wish me luck.
Good Luck! Remember... no hurries no worries....and if you have to do it twice that is OK too. You might do a trial on a 5x5 area first, see how it goes, let it dry overnight and... getterdone from there.
How's it go?
Great video. Very informative. Thanks for sharing the info.
You are Very Welcome, it is my pleasure to hear/read that I did some good :)
Great video. Thanks.
Wish I could show you a picture....this worked great. Thank you very much for your video.
You are very welcome, I am very happy the video helped and it all worked out for you. Thanks for the comment.
Hey, thanks for the vids! Is the old part of your deck pine?
I think the old deck is that inexpensive yellow pine, about 15 years old and never treated except for the original pressure treating.
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I like your boots! What brand are they ?
Ya know.... I have no idea what brand they are.... I bought them over 20 years ago for shoveling snow and they work great for stuff like this too. I have moved and put a lot of my stuff in storage or I would just go look at the name.
Some day I will pull that stuff out of storage and if I remember I will come back a post the brand. I do know they are not fancy or high priced... just rubber galoshes with wool inserts with a metal reinforced sole and toe
Where in the heck can I get those strainers???
I found them at one of the big box hardware stores, but you can get creative if you can not find them. Maybe some extra large panty hose or simple a very large kitchen sifter... anything to filter out the large chunks to avoid clogging your sprayer.
You can buy 50 lb bag from chemical wholesalers. These kind of products will lose some of the power (so to speak) with age.
ROFL! Fried Stuff, Stuff Gumbo, Stuff Stew ...
I love it when someone else (besides me) laughs at my sillys :)
Thanks
You are welcome, it makes me happy to hear happy my video helped
What about sanding?
What about sanding? ?
as a contractor you defently proved that this method is no way to make money ...omg
And as a homeowner, he showed the more cost-effective way. He also learned something and did it for much less and much safer. I just received a $1000 quote to pressure wash and restain my patio ceiling, which is why I'm now researching these videos so I can do it myself safely. Why should I pay 10 times the amount for some contractor to come in and spray it down with harmful chemicals that will damage the wood and only look like crap again a few months later?