I stained my deck yesterday and after it baked in the sun for 4 hours the bottom dropped out and rained hard for about an hour. I read about how bad the deck was going to look since it hadn’t had 24 hours to cure. Walked out to a dry deck this morning and it looked perfectly fine. I was pleasantly surprised. However, should I worry about longer term impacts like the stain peeling or not protecting the deck optimally?

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Posted by idlewatcher

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Posted on 5/31/22 at 1:24 pm to muttenstein

Would imagine you will have spots.

I've left stain out to dry on my woodworking projects and a sideways rain came while it was drying/curing and it jacked up my whole project.

I restained and it was fine but pretty sure I can still see some faint spots. Did you use a spray gun? If so, just recoat it.

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Posted by Spankum

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Posted on 5/31/22 at 1:49 pm to muttenstein

No….particularly if you used an oil-based stain. After 4 hours of sun, I would expect no problems.

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Posted by muttenstein

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Posted on 5/31/22 at 1:51 pm to idlewatcher

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Would imagine you will have spots.

That is what I was expecting, but no spots.

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Posted on 5/31/22 at 2:03 pm to muttenstein

Sweet man. Hopefully that's the end of your problem. What top coat will you use?

Not sure where you live but you might want to consider that traction stuff you can put on decking. It really helps but is pretty pricey.

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Posted by muttenstein

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Posted on 5/31/22 at 3:39 pm to idlewatcher

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Sweet man. Hopefully that's the end of your problem. What top coat will you use?

Not sure where you live but you might want to consider that traction stuff you can put on decking. It really helps but is pretty pricey.

Top coat? I just used 2 coats of latex Behr solid color deck stain. I used it last time, and it has held up well.

I am in North Ga, never thought about the traction stuff, but not sure why I'd need it. Thanks for your replies.

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Posted by calcotron

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Posted on 5/31/22 at 5:35 pm to muttenstein

Your fine with the solid Behr. It rained a couple hours after mine went down last year, no effect.

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Posted by muttenstein

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Posted on 5/31/22 at 6:13 pm to calcotron

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Your fine with the solid Behr. It rained a couple hours after mine went down last year, no effect.

Good to hear. And no I’ll affects one year later? Side note, how often do you stain your deck?

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Posted by idlewatcher

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Posted on 6/1/22 at 10:57 am to muttenstein

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I am in North Ga, never thought about the traction stuff, but not sure why I'd need it. Thanks for your replies.

In the south, we have mildew and those decks (depending on the wood) can create a slippery deck.

This is the stuff I used for my parents deck and it worked out pretty well

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Tuff Grip is high-performance non-skid paint coating specifically designed to provide an aggressive and highly textured anti-slip finish on a variety of surface types including metal, concrete, previously painted concrete, and wood. Tuff Grip non-skid urethane paint coating can withstand all weather conditions, Tuff Grip is ideal for use on loading ramps, walkways, warehouse floors, machine-operating areas, factory floors, truck bedliners, equipment beds and other surfaces where a high-traction non-skid paint coating is needed. Ideal for virtually any indoor or outdoor areas.

You may not even need it but my folks were older and didn't want to have to run them to the ER with broken hips