How To Clean, Level, and Stain a "Bouncy" Deck

[@ModernBuilds]

Thanks ton for watching! In the next part of the Deck series I'm adding custom horizontal-slat railing 🔥🔥gonna look so cool!!!

[@souzan-rfe7]

really So the news is true😮​@@royamlkshah

[@Pipper423]

It’s cool how the wood is from a local sawmill. Gives it character

[@ModernBuilds]

I agree 😁😁

[@Rehan.Khan.]

Handrails Will make it more aesthetic and complete

[@chasebennett8827]

I appreciate how you show your mistakes (camera falling, wind blowing tray around, etc.). In the age of social media where everything appears "perfect," you showing your mistakes is a breath of fresh air, especially considering doing DIY projects is often more complicated then most content creators make seem. Great job, Mike - the deck looks great!

[@quinnhen2325]

Looks fantastic!!!

[@sapelesteve]

Very nice work on that deck Mike! It turned out looking terrific! 👍👍🔨🔨

[@puwazatza]

great work! not sure if I caught it correctly but I'd use pressure treated 2x4s on top of the hollow blocks.

[@bikalimark]

What a huge and clean deck!

[@notsponsered]

The boots look insane my guy

[@edialves3756]

Looks awesome

[@CParsley]

I've built almost 100 decks over the last decade or so. I get asked all the time about pressure washing cedar decks and I always say no. What you called "raised grain" was actually damage caused by the pressure washer. When you look at the grain lines of cedar, you will see wider light lines and fine darker lines. The lighter wood is softer. Pressure washing removes some of this softer wood leaving behind the harder parts. You followed with sanding which will cut the harder parts and level everything back out to a point. But these ridges will catch dirt and debris much easier than before. My suggestion is a short, stiff bristled deck scrub brush on a broom handle. mix one cup household bleach to 4 gallons of water. Pre rinse with a garden hose. Use the jet spray on a garden hose sprayer to remove loose dirt and debris. Then scrub with the bleach water mix. followed by thorough rinsing from the hose. This method is much easier on the cedar.

[@verygoodboy2688]

I would've added some real big footing and tons of supports under that raised section. That thing looks perfectly designed for a hot tub

[@aaronalquiza9680]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="724">12:04</a> i have that same urgency, these next 2 days are WARM but will quickly turn into cold rainy days as we approach winter season so i HAVE to do outdoor work instead of watching youtube!!!!

[@luisotero2632]

I wish you would have taken a saw to those live edges.

[@KateRowe-u1o]

How lovely is your PaPa!

[@MultiKlompen]

Thats really great work!

[@baghdadbaghdadia7026]

❤❤❤ great work 👏👏👏

[@ejhill12]

Are you not worried that you didn't use pressure treated wood when you added supports to the deck framing? Seems that wood might eventually rot

[@dannyomo]

Nice wood. Check your code if you need railing at that deck height (probably). They have preassembled, grab-and-go, and cedar + baluster sets at Home Depot or Lowe's.

[@ModernBuilds]

Big time! I’ve got a horizontal-slat railing going up!! Video will be up next week 😁😁

[@judybesse4058]

Great job!!!!!

[@emmannuelthomas8060]

Looks good. I prefer a little more lighter color stain, but that's just my preference.

[@ModernBuilds]

It’s a little darker than I hoped…. Same stain I used on the front porch cedar posts and shutters but came out looking way different on the different cedars

[@01arron]

I always closely pressure wash my fence before I paint/seal it every time

[@theflourcity]

How were you able to get the stain in-between the boards?

[@thestomach]

How long did it take to clean the paint sprayer? That's the main thing that stops me from using my sprayer on small projects.

[@ModernBuilds]

Probably 15 minutes… it’s what’s kept me from trying a sprayed finish on furniture projects haha

[@Goku69762]

I'm not from USA so i wanna ask, why no railings? Isn't it unsafe?

[@richardbenson4750]

There's a reason why stores have a tool rental section and carry floor/decking sanders as you could have saved yourself hours of time.

[@Skalamusa]

Needs handrails. Looks unfinished right now.

[@mcaruso44]

When the camera fell, it was the perfect opportunity for the SUPERPRO pop up!

[@ModernBuilds]

Dang it, you’re right!! 😂

[@Kurbbyy]

Sturdy

[@_Otaku-kt8be]

If you have the money use the sprayer if you got time do it by hand

[@ModernBuilds]

Word!

[@slippysponge117]

love watching your videos!! this project "Mikes first flip" has been so fun to watch and I've learned so much

[@ModernBuilds]

I’m glad!!! I feel like I’ve learned a ton too 😁

[@aidenhuntley]

Think I would add a trim board around the edges

[@aaronalquiza9680]

i'm probably not grasping the physics but.. shouldn't the spraying start from the house while your dad blocks the overspray, and then move towards the end of the deck so you don't have to block anything anymore halfway through?

[@ModernBuilds]

Probably so… I wanted a shield between spray and wall cause the wind was swirling a little bit and I didn’t want my papa jimmy walking in the new stain

[@aaronalquiza9680]

@ModernBuilds that makes more sense. thanks

[@b1walker]

I was wondering where you were haha

[@jargentieri11778]

If there ever was a deck that should be removed it’s this one. Omg what a disaster

[@ColinFowler]

You did the best you could with what you had. That's such an ugly design for a deck. Live edge steps are insane.

[@nickkniceley9607]

It was my first deck! Haha

[@DrPorkchops]

is this deck nick ?!

[@luisotero2632]

we can tell nick! LOL

[@ModernBuilds]

Yoo!!!! Got it looking good as new 🔥🔥. You’re gonna like the railing 😁

[@nickkniceley9607]

@ModernBuilds oh heck yeah looking great and can't wait to see it!

[@thechardestyiv]

Sodium bicarbonate (oxygenated bleach),Sodium hydroxide, or Sodium metasilicate. Are the chemicals you want to use to clean the wood. Then Oxalic acid to brighten the wood. All you used was super expensive Oxalic acid. But everything else was perfect.

[@ModernBuilds]

Where does one acquire oxalic acid???

[@thechardestyiv]

@ Amazon but the bahr wood cleaner you used is what has Oxalic acid in it. Never mind anything I said since you didn’t read my previous comment. You did nothing to actually kill the organics on the wood first you just blasted them further into the wood then sealing them in with the stain.

[@5637718]

\\\\\\\one thing i would like to add , can u make the sides all of them Black , maybe not the small edge life in the middle deck cause of tripping hazard but all the sides black will give this a MODERN LOOK (even under the stairs) and add LED's on the overhangs of the deck =) im asking too much sorry

[@ZaneM-yi5jw]

Please find the house for me

[@ZaneM-yi5jw]

Please buy this house from you

[@joannariccobono3441]

I mean the individual boards are cool here but I think this is a case of focusing on the trees instead of seeing the forest. The deck is horrendously ugly. Truly awful. I’m debating sending this to my architecture shaming group on Facebook. It has to be lowering the value of the house. Totally detracts from any curb appeal. The size compared to the house, the higher level that makes no sense, no rails or benches what’s the point? It’s just high enough that I am worried of someone falling off, or worse tripping between the higher and lower levels. And the stairs still look like a tripping hazard with the protrusions. There’s not even storage underneath, it’s just an empty wasted void. A much smarter thing to do aesthetically and functionally would have been to rip it all out and installed pavers. Save the wood for woodworking projects and recoup the cost of the pavers that way.