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Posted by on July 2, 2008, 11:36 am
> On Jul 1, 4:30=A0pm, silver__...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> > On Jul 1, 2:06=A0pm, t...@mucks.net wrote:
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> > > On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:21:44 -0700 (PDT), silver__...@hotmail.com
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> > > >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 t=
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> > > >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=
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> > > >rotating brushes (not a rotating disc)? =A0They are advertised as bei=
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> > > >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?
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> > > I haven't used a dual opposing scrubber for decks but I purchased
> > > a Hoover FloorMax Supreme for my vinyl flooring. It works great.
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> > > 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.
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> > > That being said I believe that the use of this tool would be a
> > > improvement over manual cleaning, until the brushes wears out.
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> > > 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.
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> > It looks like the brushes on the Hoover FloorMax Supreme are disc-
> > like. =A0Is this correct? =A0This would cut across the decking grain. =
=A0I'm
> > looking for something with roller-like brushes used with the grain.
> > Yeh, the cylindrical floor scrubbers I've looked at are definitely
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> I have the hoover with the two disks and I dought its what you want.
> The key is a good cleaner, I use Oxcilic acid and I power wash, not
> power blast, or ruin any grain, an electric 1300 lb power washer kept
> far enough away to clean is what I even use on cedar shake homes.
> Sherwin Williams carries an oxcilic acid cleaner pre mixed, its
> standard to power wash and it works well evough to stain. If you have
> alot of black , and shade its likely mold, then use bleach first.- Hide qu=
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In my original post I referred to cylindrical floor scrubbers.
Cylindrical floor scrubbers have cylindrical (roller-like) brushes.
These would be more effective than the disc scrubbers on decking where
the board imperfections (grooves and grain) run lengthwise. I imagine
there would be less wear on the brushes as well.
I have a 2600 psi gas pressure washer which, like I said, I wasn't
impressed with the results (compared to a brush side-by-side). The
wood cleaner\brightener I use contains oxalic acid. Is this the same
as the oxcilic acid you referred to? It could be too that I am trying
to achieve the better results of a brush (in my experience) because I
use a clear finish\sealer, not a stain. The time and effort invested
in cleaning may be less if an opaque sealer is used because the deck
is ultimately covered completely.
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