flighter@rogers.com asked: Two years ago I stained my deck, I did all the usual proceedures, used Behr Stain Remover (no. 64) followed by their cleaner (no. 63) and then used the 501 Natural Cedar to stain it. I rushed in some spots and now the stain looks more like a bad painting job. The stain [...]

Shivering asked: We bought a house with a gorgeous wood floor in the living room, but I didn’t realize how hard it would be to keep clean! It’s not a smooth surface like regular wood floors – it looks almost like it’s meant for an outdoor deck – there’s a board, and then a groove [...]

Don P asked: An idiot I hired to stain my deck ruined it with a pressure washer. Fired him! Now I plan to flip the boards (5/4″ x 4″ cedar) after planing the bottom side about 1/16″ – 1/8″ to clean them up (joists are 16″). I’ll also plane down any new boards I have [...]

maceracer asked: ‘ve been “re-habbing” a commercial building that has about 300 sf of brick floor. It is about 25 years old. Between the age and the dirt, dust, plaster etc that I’ve track onto it over the last few months it is quite dirty. Not greasy, just plain old dirty. [...]

kbilyak04 asked: I am going to paint my back porch which is only about 10 X 15 feet. The concrete is four years old, and is under cover (doesn’t get rained on). I am thinking I should probably scrub it or clean it with something before I paint it. Any idears?
Thanks.