How to Wash, Stain & Seal Your Wood Deck

Lowe's home improvement expert, Mike Kraft, shows viewers how staining and sealing a deck can extend the life of your wood deck. For more videos like this one, visit http://www.Lowes.com/Videos

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• deck staining
• deck sealers
• deck refinishing
• how to stain a deck
• deck stain color
• how to wash a deck
• clean cedar deck
• wood deck
• lowes
• lowe's

[gmanpaint1]

Umm, I have been power washing decks for years and years. In the wrong hands, a power washer can damage wood, but only to the point where it leaves scarring. You cant "Kill" something that is already dead. Power washing Opens the grain, and allows stain/sealer penetration. Cleaners do not open the wood grain, and the stain/sealer job fails much faster. My deck jobs last between 2-5 years. Would you rather pay someone or pay for materials more often, or less often? This is a sales video people

[marcusdolby1]

@gmanpaint1 Pressure washing kills the wood fibres. Any high Power washing is bad for wood. But in some cases if you dont care how your decking boards look in 6 months....... I guess its a good idea?

[WoodRenu1]

I have a product that will eliminate all the steps above, all you have to do is spray the cleaner and wait few minutes then hose off. This is a green cleaning product were you do not have to cover anything. watch videos

[78dev]

I have a deck that looks Pacific fog. Just want to know how to stain it again. Where can i find the pacific stain?

[JenniferChapin]

@brandoline94 Of "coarse" (another spelling error by bbk caught: should be "of course".)

[mrdouglas51510]

@gmanpaint1 Hey you seem to know a little bit about sealing decks.... I was hoping you would be kind enough to answer a couple questions.... I have a friend that has a porch that was built over a year ago....Some of the wood has a green tint to it and we were told not to do anything with it while it's green... Some of it is starting to split and crack..... Has enough time passed to seal the whole porch??.... Does it need to be power washed first??... Any other tips you could give me??...

[gmanpaint1]

Seriously? 1)Never sand a deck, it closes the grain. 2) Don't roll anything, only use a brush. Spraying is a great way to apply the stains, but you must back brush following the wood grains only. 3) cheap household bleach mixed 50/50 with water kills any molds/mildews/fungis. Just use a garden sprayer to apply and rinse off. 4) Power washing is THE best method of cleaning a deck, and is the safest for the environment for runoff into our water supply, chemicals are not needed 95% of the time..

[cchanderson]

@linfield7273 Aw you can do it...

[cchanderson]

I'm going with landscape block...that lasts for 100 years...no labor.

[brandoline94]

Great video, covering all of the steps involved fairly thoroughly for a short video. I'm going to try Oxiclean to wash my deck instead of wood stripper and brightener. Hopefully that works. I'm sure Lowe's sells it also ;)