Decking stain keeps coming off.

deathcrow_

Hey

I had a big portion of decking installed at the rear of the house in 2008 and that year didnt get around to staining it. Although the wood was already pre-treated I then bought cuprinol decking stain( boston teak ) and painted all the decking. The decking has grooves in it and looked really nice freshly painted. Unfortunatly once the summer was over last year the stain had for the most part worn off , i spoke with one of the "painting specialists" in B&Q and they said they never heard of that happening before ... Anyway long story short it needs to be painted again , but it is soul destroying to think that a days work and around 80 euros worth of stain will probably have worn away by the end of the summer.

So Does anyone know does it need to be sanded or pre-treated or something , why is it coming off so easily ?

Thanks a million

tiocimarla

Happens all the time. strip it and put oil based stan down

deathcrow_

by strip i think you mean sand down? how can i sand it when it has grooves in it ?

tiocimarla

Nope i mean strip. Powerhose will take every bit off trust me. it wont take long either

deathcrow_

awesome , thanks man ill try that think brother had a power steamer thing i can borrow.

tiocimarla

WWOOOOWW der horsey, Power hose not steamer.