Browse Forums Outdoor Living 1 Oct 24, 2011 1:08 am Hi there. First post in this forum so sorry if this has already been asked in another thread. I had a merbau deck built in late June this year, and it was then stained a few weeks later by Cabot's Deck and Exterior Stain (http://www.paintrecyclers.com.au/images/cdesobm4L.jpg), using Merbau color of course. Over the course of the next few months, a couple of dark spots have started to appear. At first I thought it was just some dirt or fluids that fell onto the deck, but then it faded into white spots. A couple of photo links are provided below will provide some background: http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... 160839.jpg (A picture of the deck before it was stained) http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... 150701.jpg (A picture of one of spots which have now faded white - after staining) http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu13 ... 150716.jpg (This was only discovered yesterday - I tried cleaning and scrubbing but it won't come out) Basically I got three questions" 1) Does anyone know what would have caused these spots - these areas are under cover and not affected by rain. Even other areas not under cover don't get this. I do have a small dog and I'm hoping that it wasn't him that caused these spots. 2) If I restain my deck, will these spots be covered from sight after two applications at least. 3) Should I restain with the same product used for its very first application (after using deck cleaner of course). I don't want to use a semi-translucent oil stain if its just going to show these spots anyway. Any help would be appreciated. Surrey Hills, Vic 3127 Garage is being built with metal, 3m distance away from my cover deck. It is parallel to my cover deck, living room, family room and kitchen,… 0 9614 I've just built 3 stairs off a landing out the back and been told by the private certifier I need hand rails sorry tried to attach a pic but couldn't mine don't have sides… 5 5706 So I'm just reading up on this ecosystem of lights. I'm planning on putting deck lights along the outside edge of a large deck. Will need about 3 packs (18 lights) plus… 0 23017 |