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Here is an account from Popular Woodworking on Ebonizing oak.
It uses steel wool and vinegar to make a dye that reacts with the tannins in the oak. What's unique about this method is a pretreatment with a tannic acid "tea" to make the dye react much more uniformly.
All grain raising (with water) and final sanding (with 220) should be done before doing ...
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It depends on what type of hardwood you have. Some species like pine/maple are almost impossible to stain dark without blotching.
I have stained oak floors to almost black. We picked up the darkest stain we could get - sorry I don't know the name but this was 8-9 years ago. We sanded the floor then went over with a fine sanding. Then we painted the ...
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Sprayers make the job much quicker and easier, however there will be a lot more waste. Take the fence height X the length X two (sides) and you will have an apx of the square feet. Example 4ft high X 100 feet long X 2 sides = 800 square feet. 800/250= 3.2 gals.
Realistically, if you are careful and try to hit the pickets and not waste as much on the ...
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here's a link to the Power Painter manual(PDF) on Wagner's site.. Its a newer version but the cleaning instructions will be very similar.
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Maybe too late to ask, but, are you using latex or oil based? If you are using latex, if you can get it on for 4 to 6 hours before a light rain, it will have dried enough to survive without spotting. Oil based really needs 12 to 24 hours to set up depending on the temp. Curing time is a lot longer, but the skim drying is much faster for latex than oil. ...
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We're thinking of staining our four year old deck soon, and my only credentials are that we've thought about this scenario.
If I were you, I would go ahead and apply the first coat to the remainder of your deck, basically ensuring that all surfaces are evenly covered. If it does rain and screw up everything, at least the screw-up will be consistent.
I ...
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I agree with Shirlock but I would not power wash within a week of staining. You would be surprised the amount of moisture that stays in your lumber after power washing.
When I wash something I want it perfectly clean and I do tend to overdo things so do not take my findings as average but I am sure they aren't way off.
I power washed my house before ...
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The first step is to clean the deck. A very simple and inexpensive method is to wet the deck, spray or scrub on a mixture of 1 cup TSP, 1/2 gal household bleach, and 2 gal water. Scrub it with a course, stiff broom. Then either rinse with a hose or power wash off before it dries completely on the surface. this works as good it not better than expensive deck ...
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