Friday

DIY: Staining the Back Porch

She Says:


Once HoneyDo finished building the back porch, I stepped in with the stain.


In Canyon Brown.

Before staining a deck or porch, the wood surface has to be cleaned.  Older surfaces need a good cleaning and stripping.  Because the porch is new construction, the prep work for the stain was pretty easy.  

A sweep up of the pine needles (I love having pine needles to sweep!):


Light sanding of the wood with 60 grit on the sander:  


Wipe down with a damp cloth:


And let it dry:


Apply the stain with a brush.  The trick with stain (just like with paint) is to maintain a wet edge so you don't get a dark line.  Let dry for 24 hours; no one should walk on it.  I guess this guy couldn't read the wet paint sign...


I came back and gave it a second coat because we wanted the color a little darker:


One stained back porch: done.




Sorry about the dust- you never can really get rid of the dust when you're living in a reno.  We'll finish up this project by painting the banister and under the step, but that will have to wait until the front porch is done and ready for paint.

1 comment:

  1. WHAT? no "he says" ? lol

    Love the stain color - going darker will be a nice accent to whatever you may decide to set out on the deck later!

    and im a firm believer that once you paint/stain/cement anything, you must walk away and not watch it dry EVER - thats OCD behavior that will kill you intensely when you see all the things that want to "touch" your project!!! ;)

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