The customer chose a two toned deck with the pergola, railing, and spindles (175) stained in a "Stonington Beige" color. We used 8 gallons. The color was chosen to match their trim. We brushed out the pergola for two reasons - 1) it was very windy; and 2) you just lose to much stain in large open areas like a pergola. We sprayed the railing and spindles. Even though you lose a lot of stain due to the open areas doing spindles, it just takes too much time to brush the 175 spindles and spraying does a better job with all the little areas hard to reach with a brush.
The customer chose "Cordovan Brown" for the three deck floors. We used six gallons of stain. Ryan laid on the stain with our sprayer and I back brushed with a 4 inch stain brush. We took two boards at a time because it was warm out and we did not want any lap marks. It took us only 3 hours to completely stain the decks.We had some over spray onto the other color, but it was easy to go back and touch-up.
These are the steps we followed to tackle a job like this:
1. Cleared the deck of all furniture. This included a heavy fire pit and grill;
2. Sprayed on a deck cleaner on and let it soak in;
3. Pressure washed the deck with our 3,100 PSI machine being careful not to tear up the wood;
4. We let the deck dry for one day and always measured for moisture to ensure the wood was dry;
5. Stained the pergola and lathes on top. We put 2 coats on because of the lighter color and brushing;
6. Stained and back brushed the railing and spindles;
7. Stained and back brushed the skirting;
8. Applied a Deckscape deck wash to get the floor absolutely clean. We did not go on the deck floor again with dirty shoes.
9. Stained the deck floors when the moisture level finally got less than 12%.
Challenges:
1. Wind
2. Moisture
3. Rain
4. Masking certain areas
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