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Easier Method of Scrubbing a Deck? silver___30 07-01-2008
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Posted by on July 1, 2008, 4:21 pm
I have a fairly large 20 year old cedar deck which I have cleaned and
resealed religiously every 2 years for the past 6 years that I have
owned the house. I use a wood cleaner/brightener and deck scrubber (a
stiff bristle brush on a pole) to clean it... which easily takes 12 to
15 hours over the course of 3 days (after work) to complete to my
satisfaction before resealing it. This becomes more and more of a
task as I get older. I don't mind the blisters on top of blisters
(yeh, I do wear gloves), but the sore back and arms slay me. I do not
believe in using a pressure washer. There has got to be an easier
method to scrubbing a deck. Has anyone tried using an electric
compact walk-behind cylindrical floor scrubber with the nylon counter-
rotating brushes (not a rotating disc)? They are advertised as being
able to scrub any surface, but usually list tile & grout, brick,
cement, hardwood, rubber, carpet, etc. I haven't seen these being
associated with scrubbing decks, but I'm wondering why not?

Posted by ransley on July 1, 2008, 4:34 pm
On Jul 1, 3:21=A0pm, silver__...@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have a fairly large 20 year old cedar deck which I have cleaned and
> resealed religiously every 2 years for the past 6 years that I have
> owned the house. =A0I use a wood cleaner/brightener and deck scrubber (a
> stiff bristle brush on a pole) to clean it... which easily takes 12 to
> 15 hours over the course of 3 days (after work) to complete to my
> satisfaction before resealing it. =A0This becomes more and more of a
> task as I get older. =A0I don't mind the blisters on top of blisters
> (yeh, I do wear gloves), but the sore back and arms slay me. =A0I do not
> believe in using a pressure washer. =A0There has got to be an easier
> method to scrubbing a deck. =A0Has anyone tried using an electric
> compact walk-behind cylindrical floor scrubber with the nylon counter-
> rotating brushes (not a rotating disc)? =A0They are advertised as being
> able to scrub any surface, but usually list tile & grout, brick,
> cement, hardwood, rubber, carpet, etc. =A0I haven't seen these being
> associated with scrubbing decks, but I'm wondering why not?

So what do you have against pressure washers, you are missing it, with
one its an hours work. Do you paint a house with a brush or roller or
sprayer.

Posted by on July 1, 2008, 5:02 pm
> On Jul 1, 3:21=A0pm, silver__...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > I have a fairly large 20 year old cedar deck which I have cleaned and
> > resealed religiously every 2 years for the past 6 years that I have
> > owned the house. =A0I use a wood cleaner/brightener and deck scrubber (=
a
> > stiff bristle brush on a pole) to clean it... which easily takes 12 to
> > 15 hours over the course of 3 days (after work) to complete to my
> > satisfaction before resealing it. =A0This becomes more and more of a
> > task as I get older. =A0I don't mind the blisters on top of blisters
> > (yeh, I do wear gloves), but the sore back and arms slay me. =A0I do no=
t
> > believe in using a pressure washer. =A0There has got to be an easier
> > method to scrubbing a deck. =A0Has anyone tried using an electric
> > compact walk-behind cylindrical floor scrubber with the nylon counter-
> > rotating brushes (not a rotating disc)? =A0They are advertised as being
> > able to scrub any surface, but usually list tile & grout, brick,
> > cement, hardwood, rubber, carpet, etc. =A0I haven't seen these being
> > associated with scrubbing decks, but I'm wondering why not?
>
> So what do you have against pressure washers, you are missing it, with
> one its an hours work. Do you paint a house with a brush or roller or
> sprayer.

I've done quite a bit of research over the years and using a brush is
the prefered method because of the damage a pressure washer can do to
the wood fibers. Yep, and I know one needs to keep the pressure low.
I did try it once on a small area out of exhaustion from using a brush
for several hours. However, it didn't do half as good as several
passes with a brush... and that was with the nozzle a few inches from
the decking. So, even with the reason of possibly damaging the wood,
the results were enough to convince me that a brush was far better.

I painted the exterior of my house a 4 or 5 years back. It's a two
story house with a 30 foot chimney. I belt sanded the entire
structure and painted it 3 times by brush... 1 primer coat and 2 top
coats. Still looks great today. If I had to back-brush it after
spraying it, spraying seemed pointless.

Posted by on July 1, 2008, 5:06 pm
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:21:44 -0700 (PDT), silver___30@hotmail.com
wrote:

>I have a fairly large 20 year old cedar deck which I have cleaned and
>resealed religiously every 2 years for the past 6 years that I have
>owned the house. I use a wood cleaner/brightener and deck scrubber (a
>stiff bristle brush on a pole) to clean it... which easily takes 12 to
>15 hours over the course of 3 days (after work) to complete to my
>satisfaction before resealing it. This becomes more and more of a
>task as I get older. I don't mind the blisters on top of blisters
>(yeh, I do wear gloves), but the sore back and arms slay me. I do not
>believe in using a pressure washer. There has got to be an easier
>method to scrubbing a deck. Has anyone tried using an electric
>compact walk-behind cylindrical floor scrubber with the nylon counter-
>rotating brushes (not a rotating disc)? They are advertised as being
>able to scrub any surface, but usually list tile & grout, brick,
>cement, hardwood, rubber, carpet, etc. I haven't seen these being
>associated with scrubbing decks, but I'm wondering why not?

I haven't used a dual opposing scrubber for decks but I purchased
a Hoover FloorMax Supreme for my vinyl flooring. It works great.

I would caution that the brushes are not very stiff or durable for
deck use. I would think that the gap between the planks on the
deck would accelerate the destruction of the nylon/plastic bristles.

That being said I believe that the use of this tool would be a
improvement over manual cleaning, until the brushes wears out.

When I purchased my dual opposing scrubber I had a difficult time
finding anything that wasn't a very costly commercial grade scrubber.
I finally found the wallet friendly Hoover that is not commercial
grade but cheap enough to justify its purchase.

Posted by on July 1, 2008, 5:30 pm
On Jul 1, 2:06=A0pm, t...@mucks.net wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:21:44 -0700 (PDT), silver__...@hotmail.com
> wrote:
>
> >I have a fairly large 20 year old cedar deck which I have cleaned and
> >resealed religiously every 2 years for the past 6 years that I have
> >owned the house. =A0I use a wood cleaner/brightener and deck scrubber (a
> >stiff bristle brush on a pole) to clean it... which easily takes 12 to
> >15 hours over the course of 3 days (after work) to complete to my
> >satisfaction before resealing it. =A0This becomes more and more of a
> >task as I get older. =A0I don't mind the blisters on top of blisters
> >(yeh, I do wear gloves), but the sore back and arms slay me. =A0I do not
> >believe in using a pressure washer. =A0There has got to be an easier
> >method to scrubbing a deck. =A0Has anyone tried using an electric
> >compact walk-behind cylindrical floor scrubber with the nylon counter-
> >rotating brushes (not a rotating disc)? =A0They are advertised as being
> >able to scrub any surface, but usually list tile & grout, brick,
> >cement, hardwood, rubber, carpet, etc. =A0I haven't seen these being
> >associated with scrubbing decks, but I'm wondering why not?
>
> I haven't used a dual opposing scrubber for decks but I purchased
> a Hoover FloorMax Supreme for my vinyl flooring. It works great.
>
> I would caution that the brushes are not very stiff or durable for
> deck use. I would think that the gap between the planks on the
> deck would accelerate the destruction of the nylon/plastic bristles.
>
> That being said I believe that the use of this tool would be a
> improvement over manual cleaning, until the brushes wears out.
>
> When I purchased my dual opposing scrubber I had a difficult time
> finding anything that wasn't a very costly commercial grade scrubber.
> I finally found the wallet friendly Hoover that is not commercial
> grade but cheap enough to justify its purchase.

It looks like the brushes on the Hoover FloorMax Supreme are disc-
like. Is this correct? This would cut across the decking grain. I'm
looking for something with roller-like brushes used with the grain.
Yeh, the cylindrical floor scrubbers I've looked at are definitely
pricey.

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