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Construction Chronicles: Stain, seal, and protect your deck.

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The preliminary work ...
The materials used in the cleanup and staining.
The scrub a dub dub stuff.
This is what the mix of detergent and baking soda looks like.
Uh, oh; carpenter bees!
This is what the little rascals do.
This kind of uncoated area ...
Before I started cleaning the deck ...
And, while the rain barrel was on the ground ...
Prep for staining.
First, to the matter of the carpenter bees.
I used a brush on the entire job.
The obvious result of two years of neglect.
The before ...
And the after ...
Protection from the new coating.
I took care to stain the underside of the new post caps.
I applied caulking to the top of the old post cap.
And, of course, to the bottom of the new post cap.
The end result.
Finito!
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