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Decks · Sheboygan, Ozaukee and Milwaukee counties

Deck & Patio Staining
in Sheboygan, WI

Wood decks, railings, stairs and concrete patios cleaned, prepped and stained, painted or sealed, with a straight answer on which finish suits yours.

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What the job covers

Deck & Patio Staining,
start to finish.

A wooden deck with a railing running alongside a house, autumn trees and a shed behind it Decks
  • CleaningDirt, mildew and gray surface fiber taken off, which is most of the work on an older deck.
  • Brightening the woodA brightener after the cleaner brings the wood back and leaves it ready to take stain.
  • Boards and nails checkedPopped nails, loose railings and soft boards pointed out before any finish goes on.
  • Stain or paint on the woodBrushed into the boards, rails and stairs rather than laid on top and left.
  • Patio sealingConcrete patios cleaned and sealed or coated.
  • The finish explainedClear, semi-transparent, solid stain or paint, and what each one means when it is time to redo it.
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Worth knowing

A deck is the hardest surface to keep finished

A deck takes sun all summer, snow sitting on it all winter, and furniture and shoes dragged across it. That is why deck finishes do not last as long as paint on a wall, and why the useful question is how the finish will be kept up.

The choice that matters most is solid against penetrating. A solid stain or deck paint gives real color and hides gray wood, and on a walking surface it eventually lifts and has to be stripped before the next coat. A semi-transparent stain fades instead of peeling, so the next round is a clean and a coat.

Cleaning is not optional. Stain over a deck that was not cleaned and brightened sits on loose gray fiber, and it comes away with that fiber.

Man in a plaid shirt and cap loading a long-handled roller from a paint tray in an emptied room, beside a masked window and a patched wall Loading the roller

What your deck is telling you

Four things worth
a phone call.

Gray, fuzzy boards

Sun breaks down the surface of the wood. Stain over it sticks to fiber that is already coming loose.

Stain peeling in flakes

A solid finish on a walking surface eventually lifts, and then it has to be stripped before the next coat.

Water soaking straight in

Sprinkle some water on a board. If it darkens and soaks in at once, the finish is gone.

Soft wood at a post

Push a screwdriver into it. Rot is a carpentry repair, and no finish fixes it.

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Questions

Asked before
this job gets booked.

Only when the wood is dry all the way through, which usually takes longer than the surface suggests. Staining damp wood traps moisture and gives a blotchy finish.
Only by stripping and sanding back to bare wood, which is real work. We will tell you plainly what it would take on your deck.
Yes. Concrete patios get cleaned and then sealed or coated, depending on what you want.
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  • Residential and commercial work
  • Interior, exterior, decks, floors and new builds
  • Serving Sheboygan, Ozaukee and Milwaukee counties
  • 15% off work done in the winter

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