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- As summer sets in, I look at my old deck and realize it's time to re-stain! With a little help from Bob Vila you can make a deck cleaner that works better than anything you can buy.
Bob Vila: / bobvila
2 gallons warm water.
2 cups of Oxy Clean: amzn.to/3gmz7Sx
1/4" cup Dishwashing liquid: amzn.to/2AoPcrq
Below is a list of materials used in this video:
Oxy Clean:amzn.to/3gmz7Sx
Dishwashing liquid:amzn.to/2AoPcrq
Solid Wood Stain: homedepot.sjv.io/L999O
Black Paint: homedepot.sjv.io/D444q
Paint and Stain Pad: homedepot.sjv.io/9KKKQ
Extension handle: homedepot.sjv.io/jqqqa
Scrubbing brush: homedepot.sjv.io/P555q
Paint Brush: homedepot.sjv.io/emmmZ
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Oxiclean has as its important ingredient for this use hydrogen percarbonate. That's a bleach, but an oxygen based one, and it doesn't tear the fibers in the wood apart the way normal bleach does. It's a great first step cleaner. After you've done the scrubbing and bleaching, you can then do a second stage and brighten the wood considerably with oxalic acid; apply it on an overcast day on wet wood and give it a little time to work, making sure the wood stays soaked. That's sometimes also called wood bleach. Often used to brighten teak decks on boats even. So first clean, then brighten and after that stain and you get a fantastic end result. The oxalic acid isn't a must, but it lightens the wood noticeably and makes it look great. The final step in my case is wood oil to seal the wood - so not a paint that covers, but an oil that penetrates and rejuvenates the wood. This is why oxalic acid as a second step helps, especially; you bring back the original wood grain, and the oil then gives it a depth and rejuvenates it. If you're going to paint the deck with opaque paint, there's no need for the hydrogen percarbonate, even; just clean the deck with an appropriate detergent and paint it. I for one vastly prefer to see the wood grain and having some depth to the whole thing rather than just paint.
This is really good advice for the viewers. Thanks for sharing.
You make things really simple.
Even no pressure washer needed!!
Thank you!!
I hope it helps. Thanks so much for watching.
Followed your directions and my deck looks great. cleaned it yesterday and stained it today.
That’s great. I’m glad it went well. Mine is holding up really well. Thanks so much for watching.
Love the black rails!
Thank you. I think it helps set it off. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the tips! When the weather gets better I wanna clean up mom's deck. Make it a nice surprise for her
You are welcome. Thanks so much for watching.
Looks great, Gene. Nice job!
Thanks for watching.
Looks great 👍
Thank you for the DIY recipe. I will be sure to use this video as I prepare to clean and stain my dirty, worn out deck.
I hope it helps. Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much for the help Gene! I was pressure washing too close and stripping the wood. That scrub brush is just what I needed!
I’m glad it helps. I learned the hard way too. Thanks for watching.
Looks great now Well done guys
Thanks so much for watching.
I'm using this all the time now, thanks
I’m glad it helps. Thanks for watching.
I Liked as soon as I saw Dylan (sp?) picking up the slack and making the project happen! As soon as my boys have another year on them I'll be doing the same thing! Great tips, great vid!
Thanks so much. I really enjoy working on projects with my son. It brings great memories. Thanks again for watching.
Wow looks great
It’s held up really well. Thanks for watching.
Nice work, Gene! It looks great!👍😎
Thanks Dart Man! How’s the Instagram channel coming?
@@DIYGene ok...I haven't posted anything recently. Will be soon!🙂
Good job 👏
I would like to add that after trying your DIY recipe, the deck floor has brightened after drying. I can't wait to stain it! Thank you again!
I'm so glad it worked well for you. I hope the re-stain go great!. Thanks for watching.
Great job and thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching!
Good video,, always prep n paint the handrails firstly.. cut in all sides firstly, then fill in.. much easier process ✨️
Good suggestion. Thanks so much for watching.
Very nice as always! Big thumb’s up !
Thanks for always watching. I really appreciate it.
DIY Gene its always fun, entertaining and full of informations and i get it for free, keep going sir !
Looks really nice! I will warn those that have a lot of sun on their decks to think twice about a dark color. Did that years ago and it would get so hot you couldn't walk on it in bare feet! Thanks for the video!
Very good point. Thanks for watching.
Wear shoes outside ya hillbilly!
@@KitchenerLeslie2 Oh you silly little girl. Go back to playing with your dollies.
Awesome thanks for this
Your welcome. I hope it helps. Thanks again for watching.
Thank you!!
Good job 😊
Thanks so much for watching.
A 'Solid Stain' is a marketing term for 'Paint'. Short and simple: when painting wood for exterior use it is essential to coat all surfaces: top, bottom, sides and ends for cycles of water absorption, penetration and drying out. It might seem to be 'dead wood' to you but indeed it is still breathing. Painting only one surface of the wood disrupts the breathing of the wood such that it considerably reduces the life span of the wood (premature splitting, cracking and rot). Instead, appreciate the natural beauty of woodgrains and the graying of the wood over the long term. Yes, you can wash it with a brush to remove dirt and moss but never use a pressure washer or sander.
This is some really good advice. Thanks for sharing.
Good job
Thanks for watching.
Nice buddy
You did a espectacular job…
Thanks so much for watching.
Two additional hints: Never stain when the sun in on the deck if at all possible! Secondly, only do a couple boards at a time and do the entire length of those boards. Your goal in any painting or staining is to maintain a wet edge to lessen lap marks.The Behrsolid hide paint is a pretty good stain. All the major stain manufacturers go to an acrylic base in the solid stains. For transparent or semi-transparent stains, the oil based stains are far superior to the water based stains.
Excellent suggestions. Thanks so much for sharing. These can definitely help folks watching and reading the comments. Thanks again.
Wouldn't the oil based stain make the deck slippery?
@@gregspencer8472 The oil penetrates into the grain of the wood. NO stain should be seen on top of the wood after about 15 or 20 minutes. If so, the excess should be wiped off with rags or paper towels. Oil stains have no chemical driers in them. If too much stain is left on the surface, it will not dry and a shiny spot will be seen.
Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Glad the Behr products worked for you, hope it holds up. Didn’t hold up for me with an eastward facing, full-sun til noon, Wisconsin deck. Would not reuse or recommend, cheap Home Depot stuff.
But do like your homemade cleaning solution. Thanks.
What kind of stain do you recommend? I will need to re-stain in the spring
Learned at from you
He has a big deck :)
Ahhh, shucks😳
I have a power washer, would you recommend after cleaning and scrubbing that I use the power washer to rinse or just my garden hose? Your deck looked very nice! Thanks, John
The power washers are nice but be careful not to damage the deck with too much pressure. Thanks so much for watching.
Wow a fire pit on a deck! I’m interested could you talk a little about that or if you have a video reference it. I would love to have this but ppl discouraged my wife now it’s an uphill battle 😂
Hello Davon, I have had the fire pit for a few years now and love it. It is propane and I put the tank under the deck in a hatch. Its nice because when you want it you just fire it up and when you are done you just shut it down. It is about 3' wide and a 1' high, Here is an Amazon link to it.
amzn.to/3bm3ok9
Thanks for watching.
@@DIYGene thank very much. That deck is amazing btw!
the deck looks great. i have a joint seam i would like to be hidden, did the the paint cover the seams as well as nail heads and knot holes and such in the deck boards? any need to pre fill the nail head holes?
The stain is definitely thicker than normal and does help to fill imperfections. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
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Thanks for watching.
How did you clean the railings? Did you use the brush all between the vertical pieces, or just the front and back sides?
I used the same brush to do the rails. The sides of the spindles didn’t really need it. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Can you stain over a white solid stain with a darker solid stain? LOVE your video!
I stained over a lighter stain and it worked really well. See if this link works better for the brush:
www.homedepot.com/p/Quickie-Professional-Deck-Scrub-Brush-2081/100577086?irgwc=1&cm_mmc=afl-ir-2039765-456723-&clickid=1BEVP%3ATAIxyLT0swUx0Mo37nUkB2utTDEzESx80
@@DIYGene Thank you! (the link works)
There is a debate over solid stain and semi solid for flat decks. How is the solid holding up? is it cracking, chipping off? My deck has so many patches of old thompsons water seal stains ,pressure cleaning scars that a semi transparent just doesn't hide the imperfections. A massive sanding might work, tried to sand a small piece and kept thinking i was wasting time and was better of with a solid stain. My only fear is when that solid stain (almost paint) goes on, that's it. Getting it off is another huge job.
That was exactly what I went through. I had patched the deck and semi transparent just wasn’t going to cut it. So far the solid is holding up well. The only thing I will have to redo this spring is the black rails I painted with black latex. Thanks so much for watching.
Great job..the deck looks fantastic. Thanx for sharing. How big is your deck and how much Oxi-clean did you need to complete the job?
I mixed this little cocktail twice for a 24’x 24’ deck.
2 gallons warm water.
2 cups of Oxy Clean: amzn.to/3gmz7Sx
1/4" cup Dishwashing liquid: amzn.to/2AoPcrq
Below is a list of materials used in this video:
Oxy Clean:amzn.to/3gmz7Sx
Dishwashing liquid:amzn.to/2AoPcrq
Great video! I am going to try this, my deck is really needing it. How many gallons of the brown colored stain did you end up using?
I ended up using 3. I could have done it with 2 but I didn’t think the extra would hurt. Thanks so much for watching.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to remove latex deck paint that did NOT adhere worth a darn. Been using a power washer, and scraping. Would love to learn a better, more efficient method!
Great job but I have a question do you need to strip a deck before staining or painting after its been power washed or gently washed and scrub?
Great question. It depends on if you are using a solid stain or transparent stain. If you are using a solid stain like I did, you only need to clean it and remove any pealing stain from it. I hope that helps, thanks for watching.
How long did you wait before applying the second coat? Thanks!
A basic 24 hours. Thanks so much for watching.
Thanks for the video! Will it remove old stain?
It will remove the loose stain. That is why I used a solid color stain.
Would you say that the same recipe that you used to clean your deck would work for a cedar deck ? I have been trying to get the dark dirt and grime off which has been working with bleach water but now the seal is coming off but not easily so now I have a difference in color because I cannot get it all off… been scrubbing like crazy don’t want to scrub too hard, don’t want to splinter the cedar. I’m planing to use a cedar color semi transparent seal/ stain for deck.
Thank you !
The problem is the sealer. That is why I went with a solid color stain was to even out the difference. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
@@DIYGene thank you .. I may have to use a sealer stripper ugh !!
My deck is already painted but needs repainting. Would you send off the existing paint or just send down any flaking paint and paint on top?
I think I would clean and sand the bad areas and then put a fresh coat on the whole deck. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Snazzy
Thanks for watching.
Can I use this solution to clean an already stained deck? Thx
Sure! It shouldn’t hurt it at all. Thanks for watching.
What kind of wood is the deck floor!
This deck was made with pressure treated decking, I believe it’s pine. Thanks for watching.
How do you clean a stained deck ?
I would do it the same way. I have used this method on the same deck just to give it a good cleaning. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Any updates 2 years later? Any paint peeling or fading?
It has held up pretty well. But I think I will re-stain this spring. I have a spot by the door that is a high traffic area is showing some wear.
Can u give new links to the colors you used please? Old links don't work.
Thank you for letting me know. I have updated the links through TH-cams new tool at the bottom left hand corner of the video. you can click on that and it will show all the links. Thanks for watching.
Should have brushed cut all the corners in advance before rolling
Great video...however it says on the OxiClean not to use on "finished" wood...would the deck l, even with the fading stain, be considered finished?? Also Walmart has their own brand of OxiClean...but much cheaper...same thing?
Not to me. Finished wood, would be trying to persevere the finish. I’m trying to dull and remove the finish. Or at least that’s how I see it. And yes. I think the Walmart brand is the same stuff. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
@@DIYGene thank you for the quick response...
Just mixed up a batch and applied to the deck...pressure washed it after...removed most of the old stain...but still alot of dark spots...reapply to problem areas?
Absolutely. But be careful with the pressure wash. You can damage the wood.
What you're actually looking for is sodium percarbonate. That's also called "oxygen bleach". It's a bleach type that's much gentler on wood than the standard chemical bleach. Oxiclean has that as its main ingredient. On wood it acts like a bleaching agent, bringing back wood grain, and of course the dish soap added here helps to loosen dirt combined with scrubbing. If you're planning to finish the job with translucent wood oil instead of opaque paint, consider finding some oxalic acid as well, it's available in powder form, you mix it with water to create the acid. Oxalic acid is also not too harsh on wood, and after you've first cleaned and bleached with the percarbonate, you can soak the wood in oxalic acid for a while keeping it wet and that will bleach it even more, bringing back even more of the wood grain. Then rinse, let dry a few days or some such and add deck oil or wood oil or some such, if you want to retain the grain.
I tried the same thing, it peeled off next year.
Mine has held up well for two years. I do have one spot that I don't think I prepped well enough and will touch it up.
There are many similar projects in Stodoys's plans.
You got to see a doctor on that shaking bud
I have. It is called Essential Tremors. Not a lot I can do for it. But at least it isn’t Parkinson’s. Thanks for watching.
Needed bleach and hydrogen peroxide added.
Thanks for the great suggestion.
Staining your deck is a MASSIVE mistake. Unless you want to stain it every year (you don’t) then do not stain. I guess if you have a tiny space it’s not worth it.
I’m at 3 years and it is looking great. Thanks so much for watching.
Man, that is one awful coloured stain. Looked better without. You lost all the lovey wood grain.
Sorry you didn’t like the color. I really like it tone and is holding up really well. Thanks for watching.
Stain, never paint a deck...
I agree. That’s why I stained it. Thanks for watching.
That sounds bad for the environment around the deck
Where do i find oxyclean?
Very informative. Quick simple instructions. Thanks
In the U.S. you can find it in any grocery stores in the laundry detergent section. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
TRIED THIS METHOD AND IT DID NOT CLEAN AT ALL. IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.
I’m sorry it didn’t work for you. It works great for most folks. Thanks for watching.
Looks great 👍