This post brought to you by Flood Wood Care. All opinions are 100% mine.
Yesterday I showed you how to strip a deck completely of old stain or paint. It was a tough job but we completed it. Today I will show you how we stained our deck. I used Flood® OneCoat Waterproofing Finish in Walnut which is a semi-transparent stain. It is one of the darker colors but I think it will fade nicely. I ended up using my Home Right Command Max paint sprayer to distribute the stain and then my husband came behind me and back rolled it with a 3/4” nap roller.
Supplies:
One Coat Waterproofing Finish (I used almost 4 gallons for a 400 sq ft. deck)
Nap Roller
Home Right Command Max paint sprayer
nap roller
Scotch Blue paint with film
Make sure your deck dries for a few hours before you apply the One Coat. The nice part about this project is that you don’t have to wait days after cleaning it to apply it – just a few hours.
I got it tinted to a Walnut shade but you can have them mix it into a lighter or darker shade to match your tastes.
So we taped off our house with the Scotch Blue Tape with film. Then I sprayed one board at a time making sure to spray the space between the boards as well. Then we backrolled with a nap roller to get a nice even coat.
I would say the deck looked fine after one coat but not perfect. So we did roll a light finishing coat over it and then it looked wonderful. I would say it took it about 5-6 hours to do this.
So after at least 15 hours of stripping, washing, staining and rolling I waved the white flag. I turned in my DIY card and hired out painting the rails. GASP! I know…you can revoke my DIY license if you want– I’m not worthy. But my sanity s definitely worth $225. And there comes a time when you have to realize that you can’t do it all.
I absolutely love the painted and stained combo on a deck. What a beautiful contrast. I am so super happy with how it turned out and highly recommend the One Coat product if you are considering staining your deck.
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Looks amazing!! We have a huge deck too, and I dread the day we do this project!!! Great job sista!
Oh, my goodness, I love the painted white rails with the dark stain! Now why didn’t I think of that? Our deck desperately needs some major tlc- I hope I can talk hubby into letting me totally copy you! Maybe the hoa police won’t notice…. By the way, I finally posted my Haven pics today, including one I grabbed you for.
It was so nice to meet you Sheila! Thanks for the comments on our deck. We work our buttisimos off!
I really like the contrast of the rails and stain too. Looks like something that would look good on our deck as well! Thanks for posting these great tutorials.
Thanks Karen. I hope it is helpful when you take the plunge.
it looks amazing !!!!
This is beautiful and timely! We’re about to do the deck of our new rental – and have no idea what we’re doing! Thanks for the series and help!
I can’t believe you worked on this major of a project in flip flops! I wouldn’t have been able to walk the next day! ha ha The contrast is beautiful.
This is JUST the inspiration I needed to get our deck done myself – while my husband tackles other projects. Thank you and great job!
Great project. The results look amazing! I’ll keep the product in mind. We’re planning on building a deck ourselves either this fall or spring…
Love it. It looks amazing. What did you use to strip it?
Here is the post on the stripping process…the long painful one…http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2012/06/how-to-strip-a-deck.html
Did you use two separate Flood products? One to stain and one to waterproof? Or are they one product? We used a Flood solid stain this year, and have been somewhat disappointed in what it looks like after rain – do I need to apply a waterproofing over-top of the solid stain do you suppose?