Morning Everybody,
Figured I'd post this here as a lot of you guys seem to know what you're doing with DIY home projects:
I just bought a house in January and knew I was going to have to do a bit of work on the deck when I bought it. Structurally, it's in good shape, but I could see (and the home inspector pointed out), that whatever was on the surface was peeling up and the deck needs to be resurfaced. At first I thought it was stain that was on the deck, but after looking through the organized pile of paint cans left behind by the previous owner I can see it's this chitty product called Behr Deck over. From what I read online so far it's very difficult to get up, and this is what I'm finding. I borrowed a friends power washer and that did not work well at all. In order to take any of it up, I had to score the wood. Next I tried using one of those wire brushes to remove the paint and it did an alright job getting up some of the loose stuff.
I really dont want to sand the whole deck as it's friggin huge (probably 15-20 ft wide by around 50-60 ft long, picture is attached- there is probably another 5-10 ft in length that is not shown in this pic).
What can I do here? Are there any products I can put down over this behr deck over, or do I need to remove it all first somehow? If I need to get it all up, does anyone know how this can be accomplished while still maintaining the integrity of the wood? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Figured I'd post this here as a lot of you guys seem to know what you're doing with DIY home projects:
I just bought a house in January and knew I was going to have to do a bit of work on the deck when I bought it. Structurally, it's in good shape, but I could see (and the home inspector pointed out), that whatever was on the surface was peeling up and the deck needs to be resurfaced. At first I thought it was stain that was on the deck, but after looking through the organized pile of paint cans left behind by the previous owner I can see it's this chitty product called Behr Deck over. From what I read online so far it's very difficult to get up, and this is what I'm finding. I borrowed a friends power washer and that did not work well at all. In order to take any of it up, I had to score the wood. Next I tried using one of those wire brushes to remove the paint and it did an alright job getting up some of the loose stuff.
I really dont want to sand the whole deck as it's friggin huge (probably 15-20 ft wide by around 50-60 ft long, picture is attached- there is probably another 5-10 ft in length that is not shown in this pic).
What can I do here? Are there any products I can put down over this behr deck over, or do I need to remove it all first somehow? If I need to get it all up, does anyone know how this can be accomplished while still maintaining the integrity of the wood? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.