Ipe stain-dark brown options and difficulty level
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Comments (3)Hey Rich, Are you the Rich from the semiconductor industry? If so, I'm Mike from the Raleigh area. So as not to give our complete identities here if you are I'll give you a call as I can probably find your number through our contacts. Anyway, I also have an IPE deck & I used IPE-clip hidden fasteners but I screwed & plugged the ends of the boards & only used the IPE clips on the interior portions of the IPE boards. Any portions of the interior boards that were under stress while I was installing & having to use the bowrench I also screwed/plugged. If I had to do it again I'd most likely just screw & plug everywhere as the labor time it took doing the IPE clips was about the same as screwing & plugging. And the plugs really don't show after staining. But to respond to your comment I also used the Restore-A-Deck system 1& 2. But now I do not use the #1 low-grade stripper as long as I keep it relatively clean. If I do feel the need to use the #1 step stripper/cleaner I dilute by a fair amount over what is recommended as I don't want to necessarily remove the existing stain. I mostly now only use the #2 brightener (from Woodrich) & I use the TWP116 rustic oak stain. I do like the reddish color of the Woodrich Amaretto & may change to that in the future especially since they are the same base as the TWP series so I would not have to totally strip the existing stain because of any potential compatibility issues. I have been restaining every year but I'm now at a point where I think I can wait & do it every 18 to 24 months. Take care, Mike...See MoreRemoving dark stain from ipe porch floor
Comments (1)Drift on over to www.woodrich-brand.com They sell the stripper/oxalic wash you will need. J....See MoreHaving difficulty picking paint and stone colors!
Comments (1)We have a similar color palette, grey siding, white trim, dark wood tained door and stone accent. Here are our tile and siding selections, no finished pictures yet!...See MoreFloor Stain... dark or light
Comments (103)Keep it light. Dark shows every bit of dust. Also, little to no stain (I prefer non) shows the beautiful wood grain that gets rather lost with a stain. It has a multi-dimentional look that you don't get with a stain - stains rather "flatten" the look. If using no stain, with time it will darken a bit to more of a warm honey tone. That warmth is priceless! Dark stains are cold. When I re-did my floors in my last home - a condo - the guy above me did the same. I did the no stain, he went with a "gun stock" stain. They must have had a surplus as it was a bit cheaper. He said to me afterwards that he wished he went with the one I got. And after my aunt got flooded in the Sandy storm she got the same floors I went with. If you want the warmth of wood, stay away from stains, especially the dark colors! (Note: I did the L/R floors before the kitchen reno. We used a dark stain on the boards separating the rooms/different direction of the wood. I thought it worked better than trying to match up ends of boards.......See MoreBrain826
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