++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

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Red Squirrel

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Going to stain my deck wish me luck... I need at least a day where it won't rain. The forecast keeps changing so it's hard to really tell what's going on but I'll take my chances. For now it says it won't rain.

Just waiting for the sun to die down it's super powerful at this time. I basically have like a 2 hour window since it gets dark around 9:00 now but I have some LED lights in case it takes longer. I feel it won't take long but stuff always end up taking longer than I think.

Could have done it in the day but it was originally suppose to rain.
 

Red Squirrel

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Why did I have to make my deck so big lol. It's not actually done, I was just getting hungry and decided to call it quits and eat. The worst is done though. The rail is what was taking long, I have maybe 1/5th of the floor done, that will probably go faster than the whole railing did.
 

Red Squirrel

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Finished staining my deck earlier today. Did not do as good of a job as I hoped but it looks good from far. :p


Also did the shed ramp since I ended up having to open a 2nd can and had a lot left over. Will keep it for when I finish the deck, I'm not really done with the railing, not sure what I want to do yet but it will involve having more privacy and probably sitting area or planters.
 

bigboxes

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Finished staining my deck earlier today. Did not do as good of a job as I hoped but it looks good from far. :p


Also did the shed ramp since I ended up having to open a 2nd can and had a lot left over. Will keep it for when I finish the deck, I'm not really done with the railing, not sure what I want to do yet but it will involve having more privacy and probably sitting area or planters.
It looks like it's not stained.
 

Red Squirrel

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I went with a really clear stain, this is mostly just to protect the wood and I wanted to keep the wood look. Pictures also don't really do it justice as it looks a bit more brown in person.