Cedar Deck Refinishing

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We’re on a deck here in Los Angeles. We had cleaned it, and it turned out really, really nice just with the cleaning. But it definitely has to be sanded because there are marks, the beginning stages of oxidation, and some blackish areas here that need to be tended to. So we’ll go ahead and sand it, then apply the brightener, and then apply the oil-based penetrating sealer finish.

That finish is formulated for these softer hardwoods like cedar and redwood. So it’s going to penetrate in, highlight the natural grain and color, and it dries matte, so it’s maintainable moving forward. Can’t wait to show you guys the results. It’s going to look absolutely amazing. We’ll go ahead and cover the full area. I don’t want any dust flying in. Even though, a lot of times, we’re able to use the Festool dustless system, we just want to make sure that nothing enters the beautiful pool. We chose to straight sand the deck, meaning that we didn’t need to wash it first. It was already clean. It’s a new deck, and we are simply removing the gray oxidation and the weathering from the wood. So it didn’t need to be cleaned—it had already been power washed. And, you know, it was power washed actually incorrectly. As you see here, you see marks, there’s fuzzy areas, there’s missing wood. You see these lines right here in these deep grooves because they used a power washer that didn’t have the correct tip, and they probably got a little bit too close to the wood. So we have completed the cedar deck refinishing project, and look how beautiful it’s turned out. The customer’s absolutely stoked. We restored that beautiful yellowish cedar color back to the wood and protected it with an oil-based penetrating sealer finish. Now this finish is a maintainable coating, meaning that it’s going to gradually fade and dissipate over time. But we can come back in about a year and clean and simply re-coat. The key is maintenance. There’s no way around it. And the look is really, really natural. There’s no shiny, sticky film finish. It’s just a beautiful, hand-rubbed oil penetrating finish that is maintainable moving forward.

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