That statement ("New PT pine") was from Home Depot millwork sales person. Upon doing some more research i found out that this type of PT pine is made by Thompson and cost about $3 more per board than Standard PT southern pine. I am including the link to Thompson web site - http://www.thompsonsonline.com/products/thompsonizedWood.asp Thanks

Why John, I thought CR was full of right-wing corporate lovin' nuts....Oh........that must have been back many years ago, ah, never-mind. Yesterday, I had opportunity to put the last of my Deckscapes stripper next to my Cabot's Wood Stripper on the Wolmancoated front deck. Guess which one did better? I also relearned which of the three Calbot Problem Solving chemicals is the one that gave me a nasty splash burn last year. Yep, the Brightner only made pair one of my rubber gloves sticky. The Midew and Dirt remover eventually put a hole in the other pair. But either of those were forgiving of accidental skin contact. A drop of the stripper, however, found a little exposed piece of ankle to keep me humble. Last year, the left side of my face got a nice splash of Calbot's Wood Stripper when I clumsily plopped the open container down on one of the steps I was stripping. A few weeks later after those layers of skin were fully replaced, that my left side shone with younger looking skin. Imagine, some other women actually pay a dermatologist for a peel! Fools. Thank goodness, today it is going to rain so I can justify a day off to rest and get some TWP ordered. I am pretty convinced that some of black stuff just ain't coming up.Even with straight bleach. I might order some of the MD80, or I might have to try out a planer. Always wanted to learn to use one of those. Thanks again for your help, Amy PS I am sorry my reply took so long, but Tuesday night, near thethe end of my Follow-Up post, I opened another tab to search for information non-oil based resins. A few minutes into the search, my computer Blue Screened on me. It was late at night and I just didn't have the energy or heart to start the post again.

I am certainly no expert on this but what has worked for me is to pressure wash. I then spray and have someone falling me with a brush working it in. Goes pretty fast this way and provides good coverage etc. I personally have has the best experience with the better stains (Cabots, Olympic, TWP) I would stay away from Behr based on personal experience - not sure about Thompson but would recommend you get an input from someone who has actually used it and it had help up. I do not like most of their products. Cabot and Olympic can be bought at HD/Lowes. If you need to strip the fence, let me know and I will find the name of the company who sold me the right chemicals to do the job. I went through several different brands etc before finding one that worked well, easy to apply and relatively inexpensive etc.

Yes, the neighbor whose fence you see was fine with our fence; he's complimented us on it more than once. Of course I'll ask his permission before going on his property, and I'm sure he'll be fine with us needing to be on his property to complete the staining. The reason for the tall fence was the neighbor on the other side. She brought in two pit bulls who don't get adequate exercise; she leaves them outside while she's away at work and that's the only exercise they get. She has a chain link fence so her dogs go nuts when I and/or my dogs are in my yard. Her dogs act like they want to rip my face off and it's only a matter of time before they figure out they can jump over her 4' chain link fence. The fence installer suggested a 6' fence because he and his crew were concerned that the pit bulls were going to attack them when he came to give an estimate. In staining the fence, I've found multiple problems with the fence - so many boards have warped - and I'm having problems getting the installer back out to fix the issues. He did such a good job with my neighbor's picket fence that I thought he knew what he was doing, but apparently that wasn't the case.