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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Flood Wood Care for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
We’ve had our deck for 8 years, and I’ve hated it for 7. While we picked out our stain together, my husband applied it while I was at work one day. Apparently, he didn’t notice that the stain was blood red and was hideous! Since he was nearly done when I returned home, there was obviously no going back.
We tried power washing it, but it just wasn’t going anywhere. The red was there. Haunting us. Luckily, Flood® OneCoat Waterproofing Finish walked into our lives saving us AND our pitiful deck.
Because we had some residual blood stain left, we opted for the Advanced Solid Stain in Traditional Coffee. I was SO nervous that it would be too dark, but I was in love with the first brush stroke. The ugly days of weathered red decking was gone. See the difference?
After a couple of EASY coats, we basically had a new deck. To say we are pleased is an understatement. We love the contrast it has with our house now, and we both enjoy how uniform it looks.
The wood is not in good shape, and there are a ton of imperfections (especially after the power washing), but this stain hides them so well! You know–kinda like a black dress does for some “unflattering” imperfections.
I reallly can’t say enough about Flood® Wood Care products. I was so apprehensive to take on this project, but now I’m wishing we would have done it sooner! The good thing for YOU is that they are running a Flood® Sweepstakes right now. Not only would you win Flood products for your deck, but you’ll also win having someone else do it for you! Kinda the best part, right?
I feel like we now have another room added onto our home that we never used before. All from some deck stain. Doesn’t take much for me, I guess! Enter to win! Good luck!
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Well looky there! Nice color, indeed Girl!
This color and stain is great! Our deck was finished 4 years ago, but looks so bad after my attemp at gardening. Would this cover the water ring stains of my planters?
Love this color!
Way better.
Lovely greetings…
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Ah, that is gorgeous! I know you love it!
Love Maximus peeking out the backdoor, haha…what a stinker!
The deck looks amazing! Great color choice, I think I would go with the same. Thanks for the giveaway. Lord knows my deck could use it.
The stain looks great, looking forward to seeing what you do with the deck.
What a great improvement. Love the stain color. I too can’t get over how your imperfections seem covered over so well. That brown goes so well with your house. Can’t wait to come for a visit and see all your new projects first hand. Love you, Mom
Looks awesome. Quick question, did you sand it down before staining or just give it a good power-wash?
We didn’t, Fawn, but we probably should have. Truth be told, we’re tearing it down next summer to replace with composite decking, so we weren’t too particular about it. It’s not too bad, but I would sand it if we were keeping it for a long time.
The deck looks great! Good save with the new color. I have a 5 gallon drum of clear stain that my husband picked out. I tried it out on a section of fence and didn’t like it. Lol!
i don’t like the colour but the house design is very impresive
Uhhhh…thank you??
This post came at the most brilliant time! I’ve had it in my mind to rip out my own “red” deck and start over…and now you’ve given me something to try first. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this post. I too have hated my “mustard yellow” deck for several years now. I tried to stop my husband the day he started and he assured me that it would dry to look like “new wood”. We too have pressure washed it several times with no luck at getting the previous stain off. I am so…trying this product and color.
Oh great, Carrie! We really do love it! Hope it works out for you!
I found this page after having my own panic about what I just did to my deck only hours ago — I had bought a stain that looked like it was going to be a nice blonde tint. Turned out to be Bozo Orange! Ugh. Came in and googled “what do I do when I hate the color I just stained my deck” and got to your page… what a life saver! That color looks awesome, a nice contrast to the white house. I really think that this is my solution.
Quick question, though — how’s the heat on the deck this summer with such a dark color?
Thanks!
Oh no! I’m so sorry, Jon. It gets full sun until around 3:00, but I don’t notice it being much hotter than before. I do have an outdoor rug that seems to help. Perhaps that’s why I don’t notice? I will say that it’s not enough to make me regret my decision.
I hope that helps! Good luck!