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Household Hints & Help

SWBTATTReg

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1. Clean them w/ a power hose/power washer. The old wood (do a small spot first) will look brand...

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2020, 12:54 PM

Sep 2020

new afterwards. If possible, go online and pull up a YouTube clip showing a power washing for fences, steps, etc., there's just about everything out there in Internet land.

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Any ideas? I just had 2 boards replaced on my outside stairs. The new boards are pressure treated. [View all] Paper Roses Sep 2020 OP

Clean them w/ a power hose/power washer. The old wood (do a small spot first) will look brand... SWBTATTReg Sep 2020 #1

Pressure washing is a wonderful thing DonaldsRump Sep 2020 #3

From google ... CentralMass Sep 2020 #2

Pressure wash is your best bet. Phoenix61 Sep 2020 #4

Had the same thing happen. Paper Roses Dec 2020 #5

Wait a year bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #6