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Posted by Toller on May 22, 2006, 11:38 pm
> Toller your issue is simple , the other ideas are misguided. You have a
> NE exposure in shade and mold is growing , its normal and unavoidable to
> an extent but can be controled. In your past cleanings the mold was not
> killed off the bare wood and is ruining your finish, mold eats paints.
>
> If its in fact peeling and not also boards holding water from the
> crown of the wood facing up. If boards were instaled crowned down so
> boards don`t hold water then mold is the only issue.
>
> Get a garden sprayer and cheap laundry bleach, use full strength, spray
> it now and it will look better. If you want to restain, powerwash, then
> kill the mold off the bare wood by spraying and powerwash it again. You
> don`t get rid of mold by just power washing, its spores remain in the
> wood alive to ruin your finish again. After wood is dry restain with the
> same product if you wish. Add a mold killing additive-although one is in
> your product already and should be enough.
>
I went at it with bleach and it looks 90% better. A small amount of the
solid stain came up with the mold.
Last time I pressure washed it first and then used bleach.
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