I finished laying the new decking on the side of the house and replaced 4 existing deck planks that had rotted.<\/p>\n
I’ve decided to sand the existing painted deck and then stain it all the same color – it will be the best way to avoid painting and to get it to look like one big deck.<\/p>\n
But wow…. bought a belt sander (nice smaller one which is perfect for these sore hands) and I’ve completely sanded five of the 12 ft deck planks so far. I also had to buy a small rotary sander to get the paint off in between the deck boards. What a job this will be.<\/p>\n
I’ll take some pics tomorrow and upload them. If I live through this, it will look very nice when finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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